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1. Weil GC, Simon RJ, Sweadner WR. A biological, bacteriological and clinical study of larval or maggot therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic pyo-genic infections. American Journal of Surgery, 1933, 19: 3-48.
2. Sherman RA, Wyle FA, Vulpe M, Wishnow R, Iturrino J, Watson M, Martin G. Maggot Debridement therapy for treating pressure sores in spinal cord patients. J. of the American Paraplegia Society, 1991, 14: 200 (Abstr).
3. Kennedy KL and Tritch DL. Debridement. In: Chronic Wound Care, edited by Krasner D and Kane D, Wayne, PA: Health Management Publications, Inc., 1997, 227-234.
4. Sherman RA: Maggot Therapy in Modem Medicine. Infections in Medicine, 1998, 15(9): 651-656.
5. Leaper D (editor). Wound Debridement - Consensus paper based on a working party of the European Tissue Repair Society held at Green College, Oxford, 28 January 1995. ETRS Bulletin, 1995, 2(4): 104-111.
6. Sherman R, Wyle F, Vulpe M. Maggot debridernent therapy for treating pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients. J. of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1995, 18(2): 71-74.
7. Mumcuoglu KY, Ingber A, Gilead L, Stessman J, Friedmann R, Schulman H, Bichucher H, Ioffe-Uspensky I, Miller J, Galun R, and Raz I. Maggot therapy for the treatment of intractable wounds. Int. J. of Derm., 1999, 38(8): 623-7.
8. Mumcuoglu KY, Ingber A, Gilead L, Stessman J, Friedmann R, Schulman H, Bichucher H, Ioffe-Uspensky I, Miller J, Galun R, and Raz I. Maggot therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetes Care, 1999, 21(11): 2030-31.
9. Russ M, Roesch K, Fleischmann W: Wound treatment with maggots - the Bietigheim experience. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.
10. Wollina U, Liebold K, Schmidt W-D, Fassler D: Biosurgery supports granulation and debridement and improves oxygen supply in chronic wounds. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.
11. Ovari A, Farkas R, and Adrian E. Experiences in wound treatment with sterile maggots in Hungary. Lege Artis Medicinae, 1998, 8(12): 874-9.
12. Wolff H and Hansson C. Larval therapy for a leg ulcer with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1999, 79: 320-1.
13. Rufli T, Steffen I, Nuesch R, Zimmerli W: Sepsis as a complication of maggot therapy. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.
14. Mumcuoglu KY, Miller J, Ioffe-Uspensky I, Barak V: The potential of maggots to secrete cytokines in vitro. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.
15. Mumcuoglu KY, Miller J, Mumcuoglu M, Friger M, Tarshis M: Destruction of bacteria in the digestive tract of the maggots of the green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.
16. Fleischmann W, and Thoener B: Biobag - a live wound-dressing containing maggots. (Abstr) presented at the 5th International Conference on Biotherapy; June 29-30, 2000. Wurzburg, Germany.

For further information please contact:
Ronald A. Sherman, MD, MSc (Lond)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Depts. of Medicine and Pathology
Medical Sciences Building, Room D-440
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4800, USA
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E-mail: RSherman@UCI.edu
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