Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Sterile maggots used to heal donkey skin infection
By Bell, N J & Thomas, S·Published in The Veterinary record·The Donkey Sanctuary·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Use of sterile maggots to treat panniculitis in an aged donkey.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
An aged female donkey developed a serious skin infection called panniculitis after a wound, which didn't improve with standard treatments. Tests showed the presence of resistant bacteria, making the infection difficult to manage. After conventional methods failed, the veterinarian used sterile maggots to help clean the wound. This treatment was successful, and the wound improved after six applications of the maggots.
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Abstract
An aged female donkey developed a severe, localised, suppurative panniculitis secondary to a skin wound. Bacterial culture of swabs taken from the wound gave a profuse growth of multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a profuse growth of Escherichia coli and a moderate growth of beta-haemolytic Streptococcus species. The lesion did not respond to conventional medical and surgical treatment and continued to progress. Six applications of sterile larvae (maggots) of the common greenbottle, Lucilia sericata, were used to debride the wound successfully.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11808664/