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ArticleCureus2025

Beyond Myiasis: Understanding Environmental Factors, Maggots, and Infection Risks in Xylazine-Associated Wounds.

Alexander H Chang, Kenny Oh, Sameer Patel, Adam Walchak

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexander H ChangDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA.
Kenny OhDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
Sameer PatelDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA.
Adam WalchakDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) Temple University Hospital/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of xylazine-associated wounds, highlighted by case reports from Philadelphia in 2022, has been linked to the use of this veterinary sedative as an adulterant in the unregulated drug supply and has brought renewed attention to the challenges of complex wound management, particularly in vulnerable populations. Among these challenges are unusual infectious complications, including cases of larva-associated infections such as

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PMID40786325
PMCPMC12331534

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