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Review article: Biomedical intelligence

Vol. 155 No. 7 (2025)

Myiasis in the intensive care unit: report from Switzerland and review of worldwide cases

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Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155:3827
Published
10.07.2025

Summary

Nosocomial myiasis is seldom reported in Europe, and intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired myiasis is even rarer. Here, we describe the first report of hospital-acquired oral myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata occurring in a Swiss ICU. We provide a review of all European cases of oral ICU-acquired myiasis published since 1997 and discuss entomological aspects as well as treatment and prevention of this entity.

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