Abstract

MENGHI, Claudia I et al. Miasis por Cochliomyia hominivorax en la Argentina. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2020, vol.80, n.2, pp.185-188. ISSN 0025-7680.

Miasis is the infestation of man and animals by larvae of flies belonging to the order Diptera, suborder Cyclorrapha. Eighty percent of miasis in Argentina is caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax, a species that induces pronounced tissue invasion and destruction, and results in severe clinical forms. Because of the aggressiveness of its larvae, it is important to reach a specific etiological diagnosis. We present four cases of miasis by C. hominivorax in two patients living in the city of Buenos Aires but working in a rural area and two patients living in the Greater Buenos Aires.

Keywords : Miasis; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Argentina.