Psychoda albipennis maggots [Diptera: psychodidae] as a cause of urinary myiasis in an upper Egyptian male, the second World case

ABSTRACT

A case of urinary myiasis with the manifestations of urinary tract discharge, frequency and burning micturation in a 21 years old Upper Egyptian male was described. Eleven larvae of the Psychodid fly [Psychoda albipennis] were recovered from his urine. The maggots were diagnosed, described and photographed. Psychoda albipennis maggots as a cause of urinary myiasis is here to be the second recorded case in the world