Demodicosis and rosacea: epidemiology and significance in daily dermatologic practice.

Background: Demodicoses are thought to be rare, occurring mainly for patients with immunosuppression.

Objective: We sought to demonstrate the high frequency of demodicoses and the overlapping with papulopustular rosacea (PPR) .

Methods: We conducted a prospective epidemiologic study among 10 dermatologists.