An Accidental Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Cochliomyia macellaria

Table 1

Clinical presentation, site of infestation, and the species of fly larvae in reported cases of enteric myiasis.

Clinical details	Affected area	Species	Reference
Seven cases were reported with passage of worms from 3 months to 6 years, vague abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea, and anaemia	Intestine	Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis (4)	[18]
		Sarcophaga spp. (1)
		Magaselia spp. (1)
		Muscina stabulans (1)
Comorbidity with intestinal myiasis and helminthic infection	Intestine	Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis	[19]
Passage of live worms in stool	Intestine	Sarcophaga spp.	[20]
Comorbidity with intestinal myiasis and giardiasis	Intestine	Sarcophaga spp.	[21]
Three cases were presented: one case had comorbidity with Salmonella enteritis, and two other cases had asymptomatic passage of worms	Intestine	Sarcophaga crassipalpis (carrier of Salmonella) (1)	[22]
		Sarcophaga peregrina (1)
		Hermetia illucens (1)
Presented with vague abdominal pain and irritable bowel	Intestine	Muscina stabulans	[23],
Passage of worms in stool	Intestine	Megaselia scalaris	[24, 25]
Two cases were reported: passage of worms in stool	Intestine	Musca domestica	[26]
Passage of worms in stool	Intestine	Eristalis Tenax	[27–30]
An irritable child was passing blood and mucous diarrhoea	Intestine	Sarcophaga peregrina	[31]
Passage of worms in stool after consuming overripe banana	Intestine	Muscina stabulans	[32]
Passage of worms in stool after consuming overripe decaying peaches	Intestine	Eristalis tenax	[33]
Four cases were presented: three had offensive hematemesis and minute moving worms in the vomitus, and the other one had symptomatic passage of worms in stool	Gastric (3)	Sarcophaga spp. (2)	[34]
	Intestine (1)	Oestrus spp. (2)
Passage of worms in stool	Intestinal	Fannia canicularis	[35]
Passage of worms in stool	Intestinal	Hermetia illucens	[36, 37]
Passage of worms in stool	Intestinal	Phaenicia cuprina	[38]