Furuncular Myiasis
Definition
A form involving boil-like skin lesions, distinct from simply colonising an open wound. Furuncular myiasis produces boil-like lesions involving developing fly larvae. It differs from simply finding carrion-associated larvae in an open wound.
- Context
- Clinical parasitology
For example, a boil-like lesion involving a developing larva should not automatically be interpreted using a model for colonisation of an open wound.
Species, exposure and clinical assessment determine the interpretation. Its presence is not automatically evidence of inadequate wound care or neglect.
Related terms
- Background Infestation
- Insect activity in the surroundings whose relationship to the patient or disputed event requires separate assessment. Buildings and surrounding substrates can contain...
- Duty of Care Failure
- A legal and factual allegation requiring the applicable jurisdiction and wider evidence, not established by myiasis alone. Responsibility for care and any...
- Facultative Myiasis
- Myiasis by species that can develop in other suitable material as well as infesting a living host. The clinical form and species...
- Infestation Age
- The developmental or association interval actually supported by evidence, not automatically the age of contamination of a particular package. Assess the development...
- Infestation History
- The supported sequence of insect association, development and handling, distinct from a conclusion about neglect. Assess the development and association actually supported...
- Myiasis
- Infestation of a living host by fly larvae, with species-dependent relationships to tissue and other material. Myiasis has several clinical forms and...
- Obligate Myiasis
- Myiasis involving species dependent on a living host during larval development. Some species, including screwworms, can cause substantial tissue damage. This does...
- Pseudomyiasis
- An apparent infestation that may instead reflect incidental passage or contamination, requiring clinical assessment. Collection circumstances and clinical findings help assess the...