This week's fascinating (and somewhat gruesome) case is from Dr. Richard Bradbury. The following were seen on a bacterial culture (Chocolate/New York agar) plate after 24 hours of incubation in CO2. The specimen was pus from a perforated eardrum from a child in the Gambia. What are the possible explanations for this finding?
3 comments:
A case of aural myasis? Since the patient is from Gambia, my thoughts tend to revolve around the Tumbu fly though without more identification clues, it could also be some other agent of myasis.
Florida Fan
There is a case that closely parallels this case on PubMed, the agent in this publication was Wohlfarhtia. Could this be the causative agent or Lucilia?
We may need more morphology details for a more accurate diagnosis.
Florida Fan
That video is disgusting!! and total pathology porn. :) "Maggots/fly larvae = myasis" is my pathologist sign-out. Do I need to know or care what species this is in a clinical sense? I'll be curious as to the public health significance.
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