Is there a relationship between keratoconus and ocular mites?

Background: The background of this study was to evaluate the relationship between keratoconus (KC) occurrence and ocular infestation together with the effects of on the ocular surface.

Methods: Thirty-eight eyes of 20 KC patients (KC group) and 40 eyes of 20 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (control group) were included in this cross-sectional study. species (), clinical symptoms such as eye rubbing, Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), corneal topography findings, tear break-up time (TBUT), and Schirmer test scores were evaluated.

Prevalence of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis in patients with blepharitis and chalazion.

Purpose: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis are common ectoparasites on skin that also can lead to blepharitis and chalazion. The aim of our study is to determine the prevalence of Demodex spp. in eyelashes of patients diagnosed with chronic blepharitis and chalazion.

Scale and Pustule on Dermoscopy of Rosacea: A Diagnostic Clue for Demodex Species.

Background: mites are highly found in the skin of patients with rosacea. The diagnosis of can be made by standardized skin surface biopsy. Dermoscopy is a tool used in the noninvasive diagnosis of various dermatological diseases.

Evaluation of clinical and demographic characteristics of Turkish and Syrian pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from Hatay, Turkey after the Syrian civil war.

Introduction: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease affecting all ages but especially children. Cutaneous leishmaniasis exists in Turkey, and, especially together with emigration from Syria to Turkey in recent years due to the civil war in Syria, the incidence of the disease has increased.

Aim: To investigate Syrian patients (SP) and Turkish patients (TP) in the pediatric age group who were diagnosed with CL and to compare the age, gender, clinical type, number of lesions, and lesion localizations of these patients.

Presence of Trichomonas tenax and Entamoeba gingivalis in peri-implantitis lesions.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the presence of Entamoeba gingivalis and Trichomonas tenax in peri-implantitis lesions.

Method And Materials: A total of 141 individuals were included in this study, of which 40 had clinically healthy implants (group H); the remaining were associated with peri-implantitis (group P). Gingival crevicular fluid was collected using absorbent paper, followed by a dental plaque sample from the peri-implant sulcus/pocket using a titanium curette.