title: Occurrence of Demodex in nose follicles of outpatients attending an otorhinolaryngology clinic.
abstract: The occurrence of Demodex in sebum from nasolabial folds was studied in fifty outpatients attending an otorhinolaryngology clinic. Thirty-one male and nineteen female patients aged fifteen to eighty years were examined. Twenty percent (eight men and two women) showed positive findings, demonstrating one to six parasites per specimen. A higher detection rate was found in older patients, and more mite particles were seen in subjects with otitis media. It is suggested that examination of nasolabial folds may serve as a screening test for the possible presence of Demodex in the ears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lefler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aizic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merzbach
authors.forename: H Z
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Joachims
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009666:Nose / Q000469:parasitology*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; D012629:Sebum / Q000469:parasitology*