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Scientific and Clinical Publications (in alphabetical order):
Anderson I. Debridement methods in wound care. Nurs Stand. 2006 Feb
22-28;20(24):65-6, 68, 70 passim. PMID: 16526165
Armstrong DG, Salas P, Short B, Martin BR, Kimbriel HR, Nixon BP,
Boulton AJ. Maggot therapy in "lower-extremity hospice" wound care:
fewer amputations and more antibiotic-free days. J Am Podiatr Med
Assoc. 2005 May-Jun;95(3):254-7. PMID: 15901812
Armstrong DG, Mossel J, Short B, Nixon BP, Knowles EA, Boulton AJ.
Maggot debridement therapy: a primer. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2002
Jul-Aug;92(7):398-401. PMID: 12122127
Attinger CE, Janis JE, Steinberg J, Schwartz J, Al-Attar A, Couch K.
Clinical approach to wounds: debridement and wound bed preparation
including the use of dressings and wound-healing adjuvants. Plast
Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jun;117(7 Suppl):72S-109S. PMID: 16799376
Baer WS. The treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with the maggot
(larvae of the blowfly). Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 1931;
13: 438.
Ballard K, Baxter H. Developments in wound care for difficult to
manage wounds. Br J Nurs. 2000 Apr 13-26;9(7):405-8, 410, 412. PMID:
11111435
Beasley WD, Hirst G. Making a meal of MRSA-the role of biosurgery in
hospital-acquired infection. J Hosp Infect. 2004 Jan;56(1):6-9. PMID:
14706264
Bell NJ, Thomas S. Use of sterile maggots to treat panniculitis in
an aged donkey. Vet Rec. 2001 Dec 22-29;149(25):768-70. PMID:
11808664
Bonn D. Maggot therapy: an alternative for wound infection. Lancet.
2000 Sep 30;356(9236):1174. PMID: 11030307
Calianno C, Jakubek P. Wound bed preparation: laying the foundation
for treating chronic wounds, part I. Nursing. 2006 Feb;36(2):70-1.
No abstract available. PMID: 16462279
Church J. Biosurgery in wound healing. J Wound Care. 1996
Feb;5(2):51. PMID: 8697131
Church JC. Re: Bleeding complications in patients treated with
maggot debridement therapy, Steenvoorde P and Oskam J, IJLEW
2005;4(1):57-58. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2005 Mar;4(1):59. PMID:
15860454
Church JC, Courtenay M. Maggot debridement therapy for chronic
wounds. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2002 Jun;1(2):129-34. Erratum in:
Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2002 Sep;1(3):213. PMID: 15871963
Claxton MJ, Armstrong DG, Short B, Vazquez JR, Boulton AJ. 5
questions--and answers--about maggot debridement therapy. Adv Skin
Wound Care. 2003 Mar-Apr;16(2):99-102. PMID: 12690234
Dunn C, Raghavan U, Pfleiderer AG. The use of maggots in head and
neck necrotizing fasciitis. J Laryngol Otol. 2002 Jan;116(1):70-2.
PMID: 11860662
Evans P. Larvae therapy and venous leg ulcers: reducing the 'yuk
factor'. J Wound Care. 2002 Nov;11(10):407-8. PMID: 12494833
Fitzpatrick M. Tiny "surgeons" prove surprisingly effective. JAMA.
2000 Nov 8;284(18):2306-7. PMID: 11066163
Hewitt F: Osteomyelitis; Development of the use of maggots in
treatment. Am J Nursing. 32: 31-38, 1932.
Husain ZS, Fallat LM. Maggot therapy for wound debridement in a
traumatic foot-degloving injury: a case report. J Foot Ankle Surg.
2003 Nov-Dec;42(6):371-6. PMID: 14688781
Jarvis A. Maggot therapy. Lancet. 2000 Dec 9;356(9246):2016. PMID:
11130559
Jones M, Thomas S. Larval therapy. Nurs Stand. 2000 Feb
2-8;14(20):47-51; quiz 53-4. PMID: 11209358
Jukema GN, Menon AG, Bernards AT, Steenvoorde P, Taheri Rastegar A,
van Dissel JT. Amputation-sparing treatment by nature: "surgical"
maggots revisited. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Dec 15;35(12):1566-71. Epub
2002 Dec 2. PMID: 12471580
Knowles A, Findlow A, Jackson N. Management of a diabetic foot ulcer
using larval therapy. Nurs Stand. 2001 Oct 24-30;16(6):73-6. PMID:
11977731
Krajacic A. Consider using maggots. Todays Surg Nurse. 1998
May-Jun;20(3):28-32. PMID: 10026636
LeClercq M. Utilisation de larves de Dipteres - maggot therapy - en
medicine: historique et actualite. Bull Annls Soc belge Ent. 126:
41-50, 1990.
McKeever DC. Maggots in treatment of osteomyelitis. Journal of Bone
and Joint Surgery. 15: 85, 1933.
Mumcuoglu KY. Clinical applications for maggots in wound care. Am J
Clin Dermatol. 2001;2(4):219-27. PMID: 11705249
Mumcuoglu KY, Ingber A, Gilead L, Stessman J, Friedmann R, Schulman
H, Bichucher H, Ioffe-Uspensky I, Miller J, Galun R, Raz I. Maggot
therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds. Int J Dermatol.
1999 Aug;38(8):623-7. PMID: 10487456
Mumcuoglu KY, Ingber A, Gilead L, Stessman J, Friedmann R, Schulman
H, Bichucher H, Ioffe-Uspensky I, Miller J, Galun R, Raz I. Maggot
therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetes Care.
1998 Nov;21(11):2030-1. PMID: 9802765
Namias N, Varela JE, Varas RP, Quintana O, Ward CG. Biodebridement:
a case report of maggot therapy for limb salvage after fourth-degree
burns. J Burn Care Rehabil. 2000 May-Jun;21(3):254-7. PMID: 10850908
Pechter, E.A., and Sherman, R.A.: Maggot therapy: The Medical
Metamorphosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 72 (4): 567-570.
1983.
Preuss SF, Stenzel MJ, Esriti A. The successful use of maggots in
necrotizing fasciitis of the neck: a case report. Head Neck. 2004
Aug;26(8):747-50. PMID: 15287043
Reames MK, et al. The use of maggots in wound debridement. Annals of
Plastic Surgery. 21: 388, 1988.
Rojo S, Geraghty S. Hemophilia and maggots: from hospital admission
to healed wound. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004 Apr;50(4):30, 32, 34.
PMID: 15259799
Scavee V, Polis X, Schoevaerdts JC. Maggot therapy: many hands make
light work. Acta Chir Belg. 2003 Aug;103(4):405-7. PMID: 14524161
Sealby N. The use of maggot therapy in the treatment of a malignant
foot wound. Br J Community Nurs. 2004 Mar;9(3):S16-9. PMID: 15029003
Semple L. Use of larval therapy to treat a diabetic patient's
pressure ulcer. Br J Nurs. 2003 Aug;12(15 Suppl):S6-13. PMID:
12937380
Sherman RA: A new dressing design for use with maggot therapy.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 100: 451-456. 1997.
Sherman R. Age-old therapy gets new approval. Adv Skin Wound Care.
2005 Jan-Feb;18(1):12-5. PMID: 15716781
Sherman RA, Morrison S, Ng D. Maggot debridement therapy for serious
horse wounds - A survey of practitioners. Vet J. 2006 Jul 8; PMID:
16831562
Sherman RA, Stevens H, Ng D, Iversen E. Treating wounds in small
animals with maggot debridement therapy: A survey of practitioners.
Vet J. 2005 Dec 27. PMID: 16386439
Sherman RA, Shimoda KJ. Presurgical maggot debridement of soft
tissue wounds is associated with decreased rates of postoperative
infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;39(7):1067-70. Epub 2004 Sep
1. PMID: 15472863
Sherman RA. Maggot therapy for treating diabetic foot ulcers
unresponsive to conventional therapy. Diabetes Care. 2003
Feb;26(2):446-51. PMID: 12547878
Sherman RA. Maggot versus conservative debridement therapy for the
treatment of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2002
Jul-Aug;10(4):208-14. PMID: 12191002
Sherman RA. Maggot therapy for foot and leg wounds. Int J Low Extrem
Wounds. 2002 Jun;1(2):135-42. PMID: 15871964
Sherman RA, Sherman J, Gilead L, Lipo M, Mumcuoglu KY. Maggot
debridement therapy in outpatients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001
Sep;82(9):1226-9. PMID: 11552195
Sherman RA, Hall MJ, Thomas S. Medicinal maggots: an ancient remedy
for some contemporary afflictions. Annu Rev Entomol. 2000;45:55-81.
PMID: 10761570
Sherman RA. A new dressing design for use with maggot therapy. Plast
Reconstr Surg. 1997 Aug;100(2):451-6. PMID: 9252615
Sherman RA, Pechter EA: Maggot Therapy: A review of the therapeutic
applications of fly larvae in human medicine, especially for
treating osteomyelitis. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2 (3):
225-30. 1988.
Sherman RA, Tran J: A sterile, homogenous food source for Phaenicia
sericata. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 9(4): 393-398. 1995.
Sherman RA, Tran JM, Sullivan R. Maggot therapy for venous stasis
ulcers. Arch Dermatol. 1996 Mar;132(3):254-6. PMID: 8607628
Sherman RA, Wyle FA, Thrupp L. Effects of seven antibiotics on the
growth and development of Phaenicia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
larvae. J Med Entomol. 1995 Sep;32(5):646-9. PMID: 7473619
Sherman, RA, Wyle, FA, and Thrupp, L: Affect of antimicrobial agents
on the growth, feeding and development of Phaenicia sericata (Calliphoridae,
DIPTERA) larvae. Journal of Medical Entomology. 32 (5): 646-649.
1995.
Sherman RA, Wyle F, Vulpe M. Maggot therapy for treating pressure
ulcers in spinal cord injury patients. J Spinal Cord Med. 1995
Apr;18(2):71-4. PMID: 7640976
Steenvoorde P, Buddingh TJ, van Engeland A, Oskam J. Maggot therapy
and the "yuk" factor: an issue for the patient? Wound Repair Regen.
2005 May-Jun;13(3):350-2. PMID: 15953056
Steenvoorde P, Oskam J. Use of larval therapy to combat infection
after breast-conserving surgery. J Wound Care. 2005 May;14(5):212-3.
PMID: 15909436
Steenvoorde P, Oskam J. Bleeding complications in patients treated
with maggot debridement therapy. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2005
Mar;4(1):57-8. PMID: 15860453
Steenvoorde P, Jukema GN. The antimicrobial activity of maggots:
in-vivo results. J Tissue Viability. 2004 Jul;14(3):97-101. PMID:
15709356
Steenvoorde P, Jukema GN. Can laboratory investigations help us to
decide when to discontinue larval therapy? J Wound Care. 2004
Jan;13(1):38-40. PMID: 14969027
Stoddard SR, Sherman RA, Mason BE, Pelsang DJ: Maggot debridement
therapy --- an alternative treatment for nonhealing ulcers. Journal
of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 85 (4): 218-221.
1995.
Summers JB, Kaminski J. Maggot debridement therapy for diabetic
necrotic foot. Am Fam Physician. 2003 Dec 15;68(12):2327, 2330. PMID:
14705752
Summers JB, Kaminski J. Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) for burn
wounds. Burns. 2003 Aug;29(5):501-2. PMID: 12880736
Thomas S. The use of sterile maggots in wound management. Nurs
Times. 2002 Sep 3-9;98(36):45-6. PMID: 12244669
Thomas S, Jones M, Wynn K, Fowler T. The current status of maggot
therapy in wound healing. Br J Nurs. 2001 Dec;10(22 Suppl):S5-8,
S10, S12. PMID: 11842471
Thomas S, Jones M. Wound debridement: evaluating the costs. Nurs
Stand. 2001 Feb 14-20;15(22):59-61. PMID: 12211948
Thomas S, Jones M, Shutler S, Jones S. Using larvae in modern wound
management. J Wound Care 1996; 5:60-9.
Thomas S, Andrews AM, Hay NP, Bourgoise S. The anti-microbial
activity of maggot secretions: results of a preliminary study. J
Tissue Viability. 1999 Oct;9(4):127-32. PMID: 10808842
Thomas S, Andrews A, Jones M, Church J. Maggots are useful in
treating infected or necrotic wounds. BMJ. 1999 Mar
20;318(7186):807-8. PMID: 10082718
Vistnes LM, Lee R, Ksander GA. Proteolytic activity of blowfly
larvae secretions in experimental burns. Surgery. 1981
Nov;90(5):835-41. PMID: 7029766
Wayman J, Nirojogi V, Walker A, Sowinski A, Walker MA. The cost
effectiveness of larval therapy in venous ulcers. J Tissue
Viability. 2000 Jul;10(3):91-4. Erratum in: J Tissue Viability 2001
Jan;11(1):51. PMID: 11299572
Wolff H, Hansson C. Larval therapy--an effective method of ulcer
debridement. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2003 Mar;28(2):134-7. PMID: 12653696
Wolff H, Hansson C. Larval therapy for a leg ulcer with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus. Acta Derm Venereol. 1999 Jul;79(4):320-1. No
abstract available. PMID: 10429993
Wollina U, Kinscher M, Fengler H. Maggot therapy in the treatment of
wounds of exposed knee prostheses. Int J Dermatol. 2005
Oct;44(10):884-6. PMID: 16207200
Wollina U, Liebold K, Schmidt WD, Hartmann M, Fassler D. Biosurgery
supports granulation and debridement in chronic woundsclinical data
and remittance spectroscopy measurement. Int J Dermatol. 2002
Oct;41(10):635-9. PMID: 12390183
Internet sites specializing in maggot therapy:
BioTherapeutics, Education & Research Foundation at
www.BTERFoundation.org
Wound Care Education Network at
www.medicaledu.com/maggots.htm
Archives of Webinars and Maggot Therapy Lectures
(Note - These are medical lectures; not for the squemish):
March 21, 2009 - Dr. Jukema speaks at DFCon 2009 about maggot therapy in trauma surgery, and for prevention of amputation.
http://dfcon.com/presentations2009/sat_jukema.html
Media and internet postings:
CBS Channel 2 TV News story on maggot therapy (11/07/06), with video
at:
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=28062@kcbs.dayport.com
CNN Online (10/20/97) at: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9710/20/maggot.therapy/
Public Broadcasting Corporation at:
http://www.pbs.org/healthweek/122.htm
The Augusta Chronicle Online, 7/23/97 at: http://augustachronicle.com/stories/072497/tech_maggot.html
Australin Broadcasting Corporation / Great Moments in Science, EP
14, 1998 web site at: http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/gmis9814.htm
BBC News (Doctor! There's a maggot in my wound; 3/6/99) at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_291000/291331.stm
BBC News (Maggot Cure for 'Unbeatable' Bug; 3/19/99) at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_299000/299174.stm
BBC News (Maggot medicine gains popularity; 4/6/02) at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1907000/1907065.stm
Maggot debridement therapy promising; by: Rochelle Nataloni (Mar 1,
2004) at: http://www.dermatologytimes.com/dermatologytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=90118
Maggots and leeches: Good medicine By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY, at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-07-07-leeches-maggots_x.htm
Tiny surgeons: Maggot therapy clears the dead tissue cleanly
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 By Christopher Snowbeck, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04195/345382.stm
Leeches, maggots and parasitic worms can play healing role By Carol
M. Ostrom; Seattle Times staff reporter (Wednesday, August 04, 2004)
at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2001995746_healthleeches04.html.
Maggots find new role in medicine By: Rallie McAllister, M.D.,
M.P.H.; GoTriCities Wellness at: http://www.gotricities.com/wellness/article.dna?idNumber=050221110937
Grubs up. By Hugh Wilson; The Independent (1, March, 2005) at:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=615569
Sherman RA: Maggot Therapy in Modern Medicine. Infections in
Medicine. 15(9): 651-656. 1998; on the WWW for Medscape users, at:
http://www.medscape.com/SCP/IIM/1998/v15.n09/m3098.sher/pnt-m3098.sher.html
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