USE OF MYIASIS FLIES LARVAE IN THE WOUND TREATMENT

• Main Authors: Gökhan Pektaş, Meral Soylu Sözen, Murat Suher
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mustafa Kemal University 2017-12-01
• Series: Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Dergisi
• Subjects: Kronik İshal; Barsak Hastalıkları; maggot terapi; Antibiotic resistance; myiasis flies larvae; maggot therapy
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/mkutfd/issue/38829/365088?publisher=mku
• ISSN: 2149-3103

Investigation of the effects of antibacterial compounds have become more important with the increasing of antibacterial-resistant strains of bacteria. Maggot therapy is a method based on the use of myiasis fly larvae also called maggot which affinity necrotic tissue in wound treatment. The use and popularity of maggot therapy is increasing rapidly in many countries throughout the world. The advantages of maggot therapy which include its profound efficacy in debriding necrotic tissue, its safety and its simplicity, its low cost and its effectiveness even in the context of antibiotic-resistant infections. Because of these advantages popularity of maggot therapy is increasing rapidly in many countries throughout the World. In this review, information was given about myiasis flies larvae and  maggot therapy.