| خلاصه مقاله | BACKGROUND: Myiasis is the infestation of human and vertebrate animals’ tissues and organs with fly lar¬vae feeding from live, necrotic or dead tissues and in the case of gastrointestinal myiasis from host food. This case was about 9-yr old girl from Miandoab, was referred to the health center after observing larvae in her urine, and was diagnosed with a kind of blood filariasis, and Meben¬dazole was prescribed. Due to lack of recovery, duration of observing larvae in urine and stomach ache, she was referred to Sina Hospital in Tabriz. In the hospital her urine sample, containing 3 larvae was referred to Entomology lab of the Medical Faculty for identification and charac-terization.
OBJECTIVES: This report aims to present a case of uro¬genital myiasis caused by the larvae of Psychoda albipen-nis (Diptera: Psychodidae) for the first time in Iran.
METHODS: According to morphological factors, the lar¬vae were identified to approximate size of 8-10 mm long, white to gray color, thorns and pale scales, and a siphon at the posterior end of the body. They wereidentified as Psychoda albipennis
RESULTS: for the first time in Iran, the agent of urogeni¬tal myiasis was determined and the larvae of Psychoda al-bipennis was diagnosed belonging to Psychodidae family, Diptera order.
CONCLUSIONS: Comparing the larvae with the report¬ed cases from Turkey, diagnosis of Psychoda albipennis was confirmed. |