摘要：Chronic non-healing ulcers with their underlying disturbed healing and antibiotic resistant infections pose a challenge to the physicians and surgeons treating them. Maggot therapy is making a comeback as a promising option in treating chronic ulcers. The net effects of maggot therapy are accelerated debridement of slough and a reduction in the bacterial load of the wound, leading to earlier healing, reduced wound odour and less pain. Micro massage of the wound by maggot movement is thought to stimulate the formation of granulation tissue and wound exudate by the host. Maggots constitute a living biological dressing, which acts in a number of ways. In our present study we successfully collected and identified the specific species of ‘greenbottle fly’ Lucilla sericata used for maggot therapy. We were also able to culture sterile larvae on the blood agar media in our first phase of study.
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