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TitreDemodex - the movie
Abstract Nr.1056
ButExamining Demodex mites, the most prevalent ectoparasite of the human skin flora.
MéthodesWe examined live Demodex mites ex vivo under the light microscope – by removing eye lashes from patients with marginal blepharitis and in controls. In this way, the particular walk of the Demodex folliculorum mite is demonstrated.
RésultatsDemodex mites are the largest and most complex organisms of the human skin flora. Ocular demodicosis encompasses infestation by Demodex folliculorum around the roots and in the follicles of the eye lashes and by Demodex brevis in the meibomian and sebaceous glands.
ConclusionDemodex infestation of the eyelids is estimated to be highly prevalent, particularly in older individuals. Its pathogenic role in marginal blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction, either directly, or indirectly through bacterial endosymbiosis, is controversial.
Conflit d'intérêtNon
Auteur 1
NomWELLENS
InitialesL
InstitutDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven
VilleLeuven
Auteur 2
NomVAN GINDERDEUREN
InitialesR
InstitutDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven
VilleLeuven
Auteur 3
NomHUA
InitialesM
InstitutDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven
VilleLeuven
Auteur 4
NomMOMBAERTS
InitialesI
InstitutDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven
VilleLeuven
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