ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2006
Maggot therapy: the science and implication for CAM part II-maggots combat infection.
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- Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides in Medicinal Maggots ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of Chronic Wound Debridement with the Use of Larvae ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Antimicrobial peptides expressed in medicinal maggots of the blow fly Lucilia sericata show combinatorial activity against bacteria.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2015Article
- Crude extract of maggots: antibacterial effects against Escherichia coli, underlying mechanisms, separation and purification.World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Article
- The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing.International journal of legal medicine · 2014Article
- Mechanisms of maggot-induced wound healing: what do we know, and where do we go from here?Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Review
- Myiasis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2012Review
- Earthworms dilong: ancient, inexpensive, noncontroversial models may help clarify approaches to integrated medicine emphasizing neuroimmune systems.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012Article
- Maggot metabolites and their combinatory effects with antibiotic on Staphylococcus aureus.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2011Article
- Methylglyoxal-a potential risk factor of manuka honey in healing of diabetic ulcers.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011Article
- Lucifensin, the long-sought antimicrobial factor of medicinal maggots of the blowfly Lucilia sericata.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2010Article
- eCAM: Darwin and Metchnikoff.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2009Article
- Pain Controlling and Cytokine-regulating Effects of Lyprinol, a Lipid Extract of Perna Canaliculus, in a Rat Adjuvant-induced Arthritis Model.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2009Article
- Maggot therapy takes us back to the future of wound care: new and improved maggot therapy for the 21st century.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2009Review
- Biologic therapeutics and molecular profiling to optimize wound healing.Gynecologic oncology · 2008Review
- Evaluation of Antioxidant and Wound Healing Effects of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extract of Ocimum sanctum Linn in Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2008Article
- On the Road to an Impact Factor for eCAM.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2007Article
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Abstract
Maggot therapy employs the use of freshly emerged, sterile larvae of the common green-bottle fly, Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata, and is a form of artificially induced myiasis in a controlled clinical situation. Maggot therapy has the following three core beneficial effects on a wound: debridement, disinfection and enhanced healing. In part II of this review article, we discuss clinical infections and the evidence supporting the potent antibacterial action of maggot secretions. Enhancement of wound healing by maggots is discussed along with the future of this highly successful, often controversial, alternative treatment.
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