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dc.contributor.authorArici, MK
dc.contributor.authorSumer, Z
dc.contributor.authorToker, MI
dc.contributor.authorErdogan, H
dc.contributor.authorTopalkara, A
dc.contributor.authorAkbulut, M
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-27T12:10:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-28T10:22:04Z
dc.date.available2019-07-27T12:10:23Z
dc.date.available2019-07-28T10:22:04Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.issn0928-6586
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286580591005705
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/10980
dc.descriptionWOS: 000230972100009en_US
dc.descriptionPubMed ID: 16033750en_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Demodex folliculorum (DF), which is frequently found in patients with chronic blepharitis, is a well-known common inhabitant of eyelash follicles. In the present study, the prevalence of DF in seborrheic blepharitis patients and controls was investigated. In addition, the associations between the presence of DF and host factors (age, sex) were analyzed. Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was done involving 500 cases. In all, 6000 cilia from 170 patients with seborrheic blepharitis and 330 patients with normal eyes were examined for DF. Twelve eyelash samples were epilated from each patient and examined under the light microscope. Results: DF was found in 28.8% (49/170) of patients with blepharitis and in 26.7% (88/330) of controls. The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant. The overall prevalence was 27.4% (137/500) in all patients. Although the prevalence of DF increased with increasing age, no significant difference was found between the age groups. There was also no statistically significant difference for DF prevalence between males (28.9%; 71/246) and females (24.1%; 61/254). Conclusion: Our findings show a high DF prevalence in both blepharitis and control patients and no relationship was found between the presence of DF and host factors (age, sex).en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS INCen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1080/09286580591005705en_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectblepharitisen_US
dc.subjectDemodex folliculorumen_US
dc.subjecteyelashesen_US
dc.subjectprevalenceen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe prevalence of Demodex folliculorum in blepharitis patients and the normal populationen_US
dc.typearticleen_US
dc.relation.journalOPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGYen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Ophthalmol, Sivas, Turkey -- Cumhuriyet Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Sivas, Turkeyen_US
dc.contributor.authorIDarici, mustafa kemal -- 0000-0002-6350-9723en_US
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.endpage290en_US
dc.identifier.startpage287en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US


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