Demodex sp. Prevalence in patients with blepharitis
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of Demodex sp. in the hair follicles of patient‘s lashes. Setting: Lima's Laboratory of Microbiology of the National Institute of Ophthalmology (INO), between December ‘97 and February ‘98. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational and cross-sectional study. We...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/4371 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4371 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mites mites infestations blepharitis diagnosis laboratory Ácaros infestaciones por ácaros blefaritis diagnóstico de laboratorio |
| Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of Demodex sp. in the hair follicles of patient‘s lashes. Setting: Lima's Laboratory of Microbiology of the National Institute of Ophthalmology (INO), between December ‘97 and February ‘98. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational and cross-sectional study. We collected samples of lashes of 196 patients of both sexes, various ages and with symptoms of blepharitis. RESULTS: Fifty-one percent of the patients studied had Demodex sp. in their lashes; 21% of these were between 61-70 year-old; 62% of the positive ones were women and 38% men. The more frequent signs and symptoms were itching (90%), secretion and flashing (80%), vision nuisances (74%), seborrhea (70%), burning (66%), tears shedding (63%), fall of lashes (60%), erithema (39%), chalazion (18%) and edema (11%); acari per field count was high between 5-10 acari per field (28%). CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of Demodex sp. (51%) was high in the study and patient’s age is directly related with the infection. |
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