Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis

Hard ticks are mainly responsible for more “tick-borne” diseases in humans when compared to soft ticks. Tick infestation of ocular and periocular tissues is rare. We report the case of a 61-year-old male with left upper eyelid edema with erythema and live parasite on the lid margin.

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Autores principales: Alekhya, C., Rajalakshmi, A. R., Nagarajan, Swathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10321583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37415755
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.tp_92_21
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spelling pubmed-103215832023-07-06 Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis Alekhya, C. Rajalakshmi, A. R. Nagarajan, Swathi Trop Parasitol Dispatches Hard ticks are mainly responsible for more “tick-borne” diseases in humans when compared to soft ticks. Tick infestation of ocular and periocular tissues is rare. We report the case of a 61-year-old male with left upper eyelid edema with erythema and live parasite on the lid margin. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10321583/ /pubmed/37415755 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.tp_92_21 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Tropical Parasitology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title_full Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title_fullStr Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title_full_unstemmed Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title_short Ixodidae – A rare cause of blepharitis
title_sort ixodidae – a rare cause of blepharitis
topic Dispatches
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10321583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37415755
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.tp_92_21
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