Treatment of a Non-healing Wound Formed After a Faulty Injection with the Larvae of Lucilia sericata
Abstract
DOI: 10.26650/experimed.2019.19012
Because of the risk of intramuscular (IM)
injection, the healthcare staff who will be injecting should know the anatomy
of the region to be treated well and should do well in choosing the
region. Most of the common IM injection
complications are due to the lack of information and the use of inappropriate
technique.
A.Ö., who is 48-year old male with gout
disease, had a pain so the injection of a diclofenac sodium bulb was done by
his mother at his home 5 months ago and a wound was formed in this region
afterwards. The patient was given a trimetoprim+sulfametoksazol intravenous
vial (İV) 2*1, and the wound has grown and deepened although conventional wound
treatments have been applied. When the patient applied to our policlinic on
24.03.2017, the patient had a 8x5x2 cm,
infected, and purulent wound on his right hip ¼ in the lower outer
quadrant. A sample was taken from the wound and sent to the medical
microbiology laboratory. According to the wound size and depth, 500-600 first
stage sterile larvae of Lucilia sericata were placed directly on the wound.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) was proliferated in first wound culture.
Gram positive difteroid rods were proliferated in the material taken before the
4th session, P. aeruginosa was not proliferated. The wound of the patient was
healing with 12 sessions larvae treatment in 2 months.
As a result; Larval Debridement Therapy (LDT) with L. sericata larvae may be an option for the treatment of any non-healing wound that is infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Cite this article as: Polat E, Ağgez H,
Binnetoğlu K. Treatment of a Non-healing
Wound Formed After a Faulty Injection with the Larvae of Lucilia sericata.
Experimed 2019; 9(2): 75-8.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Case Report
Publication Date
August 1, 2019
Submission Date
May 31, 2019
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 2