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Mokhtar AS, Sridhar GS, Mahmud R, et al. First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). J Med Entomol. 2016;53(5):1234-1237doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw071.
Mokhtar, A. S., Sridhar, G. S., Mahmud, R., Jeffery, J., Lau, Y. L., Wilson, J. J., & Abdul-Aziz, N. M. (2016). First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Journal of medical entomology, 53(5), 1234-1237. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw071
Mokhtar, Aida Syafinaz, et al. "First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)." Journal of medical entomology vol. 53,5 (2016): 1234-1237. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw071
Mokhtar AS, Sridhar GS, Mahmud R, Jeffery J, Lau YL, Wilson JJ, Abdul-Aziz NM. First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). J Med Entomol. 2016 Sep 01;53(5):1234-1237. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw071. PMID: 27208008; PMCID: PMC5013816.
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J Med Entomol. 2016 Sep 01;53(5):1234-1237. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw071.

First Case Report of Canthariasis in an Infant Caused by the Larvae of Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae).

Journal of medical entomology

Aida Syafinaz Mokhtar, Ganiga Srinivasaiah Sridhar, Rohela Mahmud, John Jeffery, Yee Ling Lau, John-James Wilson, Noraishah Mydin Abdul-Aziz

Affiliations

  1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]).
  2. Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ([email protected]).
  3. Museum of Zoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ([email protected]).
  4. Ecology and Biodiversity Program, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 27208008 PMCID: PMC5013816 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw071

Abstract

We report an unusual cause of gastrointestinal infection occurring in a 1-year-old infant patient who was brought to a public hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were confirmed by DNA barcoding as belonging to the species, Lasioderma serricorne (F.), known as the cigarette beetle. We postulate that the larvae were acquired from contaminated food and were responsible for gastrointestinal symptoms in the patient. To our knowledge, this the first report of human canthariasis caused by larvae of L. serricorne.

© The Authors 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America.

Keywords: Lasioderma serricorne ; DNA barcoding; Malaysia; canthariasis; pediatric

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