Growth and Survival of Bagged Lucilia sericata Maggots in Wounds of Patients Undergoing Maggot Debridement Therapy

Table 2

Survival and development of L. sericata larvae in wounds of different etiology.

Wound type	Mean (95% CI1) survival (%) of maggots following MDT cycle of		Mean (range) proportion (%) of second instars among all larvae following MDT cycle of
	48 hours	72 hours	48 hours	72 hours
Traumatic	72.8 (0.0–100.0)	—	0.6 (0.0–1.1)	—
Ischemic	79.1 (68.3–88.6)	—	0.8 (0.0–2.4)	—
Venous	63.6 (0.0–92.1)	55.9 (27.0–74.4)	7.3 (1.4–20.0)	0.7 (0.0–3.2)
Diabetic	82.7 (69.4–94.2)	74.7 (68.9–80.1)	0.7 (0–1.7)	0.6 (0.0–2.5)

1Confidence interval.