Role of ivermectin in the treatment of severe orbital myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax.

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with severe orbital myiasis due to Cochliomyia hominivorax (of the order Diptera and the family Calliphoridae) who had underlying skin carcinomas and were treated with oral ivermectin and debridement. We suggest that ivermectin plays an important role in the treatment of severe cases of myiasis.

• Authors: Johanna Osorio, Ligia Moncada, Alejandra Molano, Sandra Valderrama, Sandra Gualtero, Carlos Franco-Paredes
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 43 Issue 6 Pg. e57-9 (Sep 15 2006) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 16912935 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiparasitic Agents
• Ivermectin

Topics

• Aged
• Animals
• Antiparasitic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Carcinoma (complications)
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Comorbidity
• Debridement
• Diptera (pathogenicity)
• Face (parasitology, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Ivermectin (therapeutic use)
• Male
• Myiasis (drug therapy, parasitology, pathology)
• Orbital Diseases (drug therapy, parasitology, pathology)
• Skin Neoplasms (complications)