Journal of Ocular Infection and Inflammation

Mevlut Yilmaz

Publications

• Research Article
  Investigation of the Effect of Smoking and Schirmer Test Scores on Ocular Demodex Colonization in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults
  
  Author(s): Taha Ayyildiz, Mevlut Yilmaz, Fikriye Milletli Sezgin and Muttalip Cicek Taha Ayyildiz, Mevlut Yilmaz, Fikriye Milletli Sezgin and Muttalip Cicek
  
  Purpose: To determine whether cigarette use and Schirmer test score difference in middle-aged individuals without chronic illness and ocular complaints leads to changes in ocular Demodex colonization. Methods: Healthy adults without chronic disease and ocular complaints between 40-68 years old with visual impairment (presbyopia) were included. After detailed ophthalmologic evaluation Schirmer test was performed and two eyelashes were taken from the two eyelids of lower cover, two drops of physiological saline were placed between the lamellae and analyzed in the microbiology laboratory. Results: 102 eyes of 102 patients were included in the study. 55 were men (53.9%) and 47 were women (46.1%). The mean age of the males was 52.50 ± 6.1 while the mean age of the females was 50.85 ± 6.1 years. Demo.. View More»
  

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