title: [Demodex as an etiological factor in chronic blepharitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present and account the results of newest experimental and clinical investigations on the role of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis in the etiology of chronic blepharitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of literature concerning the role of Demodex in the etiology of chronic blepharitis was done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It has been established that: (1) Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis occur among humans worldwide. (2) With age the prevalence of eyelids demodicidosis rises. (3) In the course of chronic blepharitis infection of Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis is often observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Demodex is an etiological factor in chronic blepharitis.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: Damian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czepita
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuźna-Grygiel
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kosik-Bogacka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001762:Blepharitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008925:Mites
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents