ETF89, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The ability of Matabele ants to treat wounds within their community points to a highly developed social structure. This cooperative behavior, aimed at caring ...
They have, however, been evaluated for efficacy in mild uncomplicated skin and skin structure infection (uSSSI), including impetigo, SIDs and secondarily infected wounds. Topical antibiotics are ...
The Texas parks department says the maggots will lay eggs in "open wounds or orifices of live tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouth." Such an infestation is known as New World screwworm myiasis.