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

Table 3

Growth of L. sericata larvae developing in wounds of different etiology.

Wound type	Mean (95% CI1) length (mm) of larvae following MDT cycle of		Mean (95% CI) width (mm) of larvae following MDT cycle of
	48 hours	72 hours	48 hours	72 hours
Traumatic	8.43^ab2 (6.89–9.97)	—	2.11^cd (1.66–2.49)	—
Ischemic	9.68^a (8.92–10.44)	—	2.12^cd (1.87–2.38)	—
Venous	7.09^bA (5.79–8.40)	9.08^aB (8.33–9.83)	1.77^cC (0.99–2.30)	2.31^cC (2.18–2.42)
Diabetic	9.47^aA (8.49–10.45)	9.19^aA (8.81–9.57)	2.26^dC (2.13–2.37)	2.45^cC (2.29–2.61)

1Confidence interval.
2means within columns marked with the same lowercase letters and means within rows marked with the same uppercase letters are not significantly different at 𝑃=0.05.