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Investigation of Demodex spp. in perinea areas and
faces of young men visiting
the urology policlinic
Haluk Soylemez1, Ali Beytur2, İlhan
Gecit2, Ulku Karaman3*, Ali Ozer4
and Sinan Calik5
1Private
Müjde Hospital, Urology Clinic, Malatya, Turkey.
2Beydaği
State Hospital, Urology Clinic, Malatya, Turkey.
3Ordu
University, School of Health, Ordu, Turkey.
4Department
of Public Health, Sutcu İmam University, Kahramanmaras,
Turkey.
5Department
of Statistics, Elazig Firat University, Turkey.
*Corresponding
author. E-mail:
ulkukaraman@yahoo.com.
Accepted 23 July, 2010 |
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It has been
reported that types of Demodex can be transmitted to other
people through close contact and they can play a pathogenic
role in rosacea, acne vulgaris, perioral dermatitis,
seborrhoeic dermatitis, micropapillary-pruritic dermatitis,
and blepharitis. Types of Demodex are reported to be located
in various places of human body. The purpose of the present
study was to detect the presence of Demodex spp. in
the samples taken from the faces and perinea areas of the
young men using standardized surface skin biopsy (SSSB).
Accordingly, samples were obtained using SSSB method from
the faces and perinea areas of 200 men aged 19 - 34, which
were then covered with entellan and sent to the
parasitological laboratory. Demodex spp. was found in
42.0% of the samples taken from perinea area and in 83.0% of
the samples taken from subjects’ faces, while Enterobius
vermicularis was detected in two cases. One of the
samples taken from was Demodex brevis, while the
others were Demodex folliculorum. It was concluded
that, given that species of Demodex can be found in
perinea area under conditions of collective accommodation,
specimens should be taken from patients consulting with
pruritus or allergic reactions in order to diagnose the
parasite, and treatment protocol should be planned according
to the results of the analysis.
Key words:
Demodex spp., facies, perinea and cheek. |
