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Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends
Demodex mites are common ectoparasites of the human pilosebaceous units. Most adults are infested with Demodex mites without clinical symptoms. Demodex mite will only become a pathogenic organism when there is an abnormal increase in the number of Demodex mite density. This situation happens when th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36199896 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9339 |
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description | Demodex mites are common ectoparasites of the human pilosebaceous units. Most adults are infested with Demodex mites without clinical symptoms. Demodex mite will only become a pathogenic organism when there is an abnormal increase in the number of Demodex mite density. This situation happens when the equilibrium between Demodex mites, skin microenvironment and human immunity system changes. Demodex infestation can cause multiple skin disorders, which are grouped under the term demodicosis or demodicidosis. Clinical manifestations of demodicosis can mimic other known skin diseases such as folliculitis, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, which is why it is often misdiagnosed. Diagnosis criteria consists of relevant correlation of suspected clinical skin lesions, confirmed by the presence of abnormal proliferation of Demodex mites and by clinical cure after acaricidal treatment together with normalization of Demodex mite density. Dermatologists should be aware that demodicosis is not an uncommon skin disease, and there are still many unknowns about it that should be researched further. |
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spelling | pubmed-95276932022-10-04 Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends Paichitrojjana, Anon Dermatol Reports Review Demodex mites are common ectoparasites of the human pilosebaceous units. Most adults are infested with Demodex mites without clinical symptoms. Demodex mite will only become a pathogenic organism when there is an abnormal increase in the number of Demodex mite density. This situation happens when the equilibrium between Demodex mites, skin microenvironment and human immunity system changes. Demodex infestation can cause multiple skin disorders, which are grouped under the term demodicosis or demodicidosis. Clinical manifestations of demodicosis can mimic other known skin diseases such as folliculitis, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, which is why it is often misdiagnosed. Diagnosis criteria consists of relevant correlation of suspected clinical skin lesions, confirmed by the presence of abnormal proliferation of Demodex mites and by clinical cure after acaricidal treatment together with normalization of Demodex mite density. Dermatologists should be aware that demodicosis is not an uncommon skin disease, and there are still many unknowns about it that should be researched further. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9527693/ /pubmed/36199896 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9339 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Review Paichitrojjana, Anon Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title | Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title_full | Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title_fullStr | Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title_full_unstemmed | Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title_short | Demodex: The worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
title_sort | demodex: the worst enemies are the ones that used to be friends |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9527693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36199896 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9339 |
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