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*Human medicine
**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds
**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
**Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue
*Veterinary medicine
**Published reports rare
**Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional medical methods and surgery
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*Human medicine
**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds
**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
**Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue
*Veterinary medicine
**Published reports rare
**Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional medical methods and surgery
[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]