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~~====Maggot Debridement Therapy====~~

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~~[[Image:Maggot Therapy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Maggot therapy on a wound - Wikimedia Commons]]~~

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*Human medicine

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**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds

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**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound

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**Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue

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*Veterinary medicine

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**Published reports rare

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**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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