Why is maggot therapy not more commonly practiced in India? by Deboshree Roy, Ronald Sherman

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Maggot therapy for calciphylaxis wound debridement complicated by bleeding by Allen F. Shih, AM, Alicia J. Little, MD, PhD, Gauri Panse, MD, Junjie Liu, MD, PhD, Gloria Yiu, MD, MPH, H. Klar Yaggi, MD, MPH, Amanda Zubek, MD, PhD

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Maggot Therapy for Snakebite Necrotic Wound in a Horse by Masoud Ahmadnejad, Fereydon Rezazadeh

“…Maggot therapy is the use of sterile fly larvae in the treatment of superficial wounds in humans and animals. …”
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Maggots therapy in facilitating wound debridement: Present status by Nongmaithem Mackson Singh, Simran Kaur Bhatia, Gurjit Singh

“…This acted as a trigger to review and search literature about the present status of maggot therapy. Although, this form of therapy is a commonly practiced in Europe and North America, others needed to have a relook at this modality in view of the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance to infections.…”
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Mistreatment with maggot therapy in diabetic foot ulcer causing an amputation by Arefeh Babazadeh, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Zeinab Mohseni Afshar, Sara Mohammadnia

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Maggot therapy and monstrosity: the grotesque in Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood by Ong, Li Yuan, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Moghadam, Nahid Shahbazi, Talif, Rosli

“…With the same intention, Margaret Atwood makes use of an alternative natural medication, maggot therapy, as an important recuperative method to cure physical lesions and injuries in The Year of the Flood (2009). …”
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Lucifensins, the Insect Defensins of Biomedical Importance: The Story behind Maggot Therapy by Václav Čeřovský, Robert Bém

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Maggot therapy for repairing serious infective wound in a severely burned patient by WU Jun-cheng, LU Ren-rong, HUO Ran, FU Hong-bin

“…The result demonstrates that maggot therapy is safe and effective with no adverse complications except pain. …”
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Pushing the frontiers in the fight against antimicrobial resistance: the potential of fecal and maggot therapies by Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Abdulrakib Abdulrahim

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Maggot therapy for chronic ulcer: A retrospective cohort and a meta-analysis by Chumpon Wilasrusmee, Mongkol Marjareonrungrung, Suwannee Eamkong, John Attia, Napaphat Poprom, Sopon Jirasisrithum, Ammarin Thakkinstian

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Effects of Lucilia sericata Maggot Therapy in Chronic Wound Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Nezakati E, Hasani MH, Zolfaghari P, Rashidan M, Sohrabi MB

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Maggot Therapy as a Part of a Holistic Approach in the Treatment of Multimorbid Patients with Chronic Ulcer by Tobias Romeyke

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Effects of Maggot Therapy as a Novel Treatment Method for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Lesions: A Review Study by Fereshteh Mohammadnejhad, Seyed Hassan Nikookar, Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei

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Environmental Factors Influencing the Growth of Lucilia sericata Larvae Used for Maggot Therapy under Laboratory Condition by Faranak Firoozfar, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi, Javad Rafinejad, Abedin Saghafipour, Mojgan Baniardalani, Mustapha Ahmed Yusuf, Fatemeh Hosseini, Akbar Biglarian, Gidiglo Godwin Nutifafa, Abbas Bahrami

“…Background: The larvae of Lucilia sericata are efficiently and widely used in maggot therapy. The aim of this study was to investigate some environmental factors that influence the mass rearing of Lucilia sericata as the most suitable candidates for maggot therapy in Iran. …”
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Maggot therapy could provide affordable and efficacious wound care in Lebanon and other low- and middle-income countries by Salman Shayya, Frank Stadler

Subjects: “…maggot therapy…”
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Laboratory colonization of Lucilia sericata Meigen (Diptera: Caliphoridae) strain from Hashtgerd, Iran by F. Firoozfar , S.H. Mosa Kazemi, K. Shemshad , M. Baniardalani , M. Abolhasani , A. Biglarian , A. Enayati & J. Rafinejad

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Pain Assessment in Patients Undergoing Maggot Debridement Therapy in the Process of Local Treatment of Chronic Wounds by Dariusz Bazaliński, Karol Sieńczak, Kamila Pytlak, Joanna Przybek-Mita, Klaudia Pelczar, Wojciech Leppert, Paweł Więch

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Larval therapy vs conventional silver dressings for full-thickness burns: a randomized controlled trial by Jasem Gaffari, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Mozhgan Baniardalani, Reza Hosseini, Safdar Masoumi, Zahra Sadat Amiri, Razieh Shabani Kordshouli, Javad Rafinejad, Mostafa Dahmardehei

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Maggot Menageries: High School Student Contributions to Medicinal Maggot Production in Compromised Healthcare Settings by Frank Stadler, Talia Arjona, Glenn Beaumont, Charlotte Bradley, Alyssa Budd, Pedro Busana, Mathew Clatworthy, Jodie Fitz-Gibbon, Kelvin G. K. Goh, Matt Hayes, Kylie Heather, Aisha Lawton, Mike McAuley, Sarah Onoprienko, Aliana Rogers, Tiana Schimpf, Matthew J. Sullivan, Glen C. Ulett, Jessica Warren, Bridget Woodman, Zac Zerafa

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Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a new alternative for maggot therapy. Case series report Lucilia eximia (Diptera: Calliphoridae), una nueva alternativa para la terapia larval by Silvia Emelia Herrera Higuita, Carolina Rivera Álvarez, Marta Isabel Wolff Echeverri, Mónica María Escobar Franco, Juan Carlos Wolff Idárraga

“…In this article we report the use of maggot therapy using the Lucilia eximia species in 42 patients with chronic skin wounds associated to different pathologies including: venous and arterial ulcers, diabetic foot, sickle cell disease, vasculopathy, elephantiasis, Berger disease, pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), traumatic wounds, erysipelas, and hospital acquired infections. …”
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