ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2015
Use of maggot therapy for treating a diabetic foot ulcer colonized by multidrug resistant bacteria in Brazil.
Article in The Indian journal of medical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02816749 (Maggot Debridement Therapy Versus Conventional Dressing Therapy to Treat Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Foot Ulcers), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Maggot Debridement Therapy Versus Conventional Dressing Therapy to Treat Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Foot Ulcers: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Challenges and Solutions in Advanced Management of Diabetic Foot Infections: A Review of Recent Studies.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Review
- Expanding access to maggot containment dressings through redesign and innovation.International wound journal · 2025Article
- An Update on Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Its Management Modalities.Indian journal of microbiology · 2024Review
- Modulations of the skin microbiome in skin disorders: A narrative review from a wound care perspective.International wound journal · 2024Review
- An Overview of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Associated Problems with Special Emphasis on Treatments with Antimicrobials.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Clinical study of Maggot therapy for Fournier's gangrene.International wound journal · 2020Article
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Current Advances in Antimicrobial Therapies and Emerging Treatments.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Beneficial effects of extracts from Lucilia sericata maggots on burn wounds in rats.Molecular medicine reports · 2017Article
- Evaluation of conventional therapeutic methods versus maggot therapy in the evolution of healing of tegumental injuries in Wistar rats with and without diabetes mellitus.Parasitology research · 2016Article
- Evaluation of larval density Cochliomyia macellaria F. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for therapeutic use in the recovery of tegumentar injuries.Parasitology research · 2015Article
- Use of maggot therapy for treating a diabetic foot ulcer colonized by multidrug resistant bacteria in Brazil.The Indian journal of medical research · 2015Article
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Abstract
This study reports the efficacy of maggot therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer infected with multidrug resistant microorganisms. A 74 year old female patient with diabetes for over 30 years, was treated with maggot therapy using larvae of Chrysomya megacephala. The microbiological samples were collected to evaluate aetiology of the infection. The therapy done for 43 days resulted in a reduction of necrosis and the ulcer's retraction of 0.7 cm [2] in area. Analysis of the bacteriological swabs revealed the presence of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Further studies need to be done to confirm the role of maggot therapy in wound healing using a large sample and a proper study design.
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