It is extremely important to have an awareness of disease prevalence in the areas of travel and the ability to access up-to-date information. In this era, where exotic infections could potentially lead to catastrophic life-threatening epidemics, it is important to take a good travel history. This exotic infestation can in fact pose a significant diagnostic challenge for clinicians.

However, with globalization and the prodigious advancement in transportation, there is an increase in the number of reported cases of furuncular myiasis in the UK. This condition is only prevalent in tropical countries where these flies are common these flies normally do not thrive in the United Kingdom (UK). With globalization, the need for increasing awareness of tropical diseases has become important to win the battle against future epidemics.įuruncular myiasis is a parasitic infestation of the body of a live mammal by fly larvae of dipterous insects that feed on their host’s tissue to grow and mature. She was discharged with antibiotics to prevent secondary infection with no further follow-up. The larvae were found to be Cordylobia anthropophaga. During examination, two maggots were expressed from the abscesses by applying lateral pressure to each lesion.

She did not complain of systemic symptoms and was otherwise fit and healthy with no significant past medical history. We report an unusual case of multiple abscesses in a 32-year-old white British woman presenting to our Emergency department in the UK after returning from a holiday in The Gambia, West Africa.

From the current literature, only 12 cases were reported in the UK. However, with an increase in international tourism, there is a significant rise in exotic infection in non-endemic areas which can pose a diagnostic challenge to doctors and potentially lead to delay in treatment. Furuncular myiasis is a parasitic infection of a live mammal by fly larvae commonly seen in Africa.

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