Mustafa Kemal

Publications (2)1.45 Total impact

• Article: The Prevalence of Demodex folliculorum in blepharitis patients and the normal population.

  Mustafa Kemal, Zeynep Sümer, Mustafa Ilker Toker, Haydar Erdoğan, Aysen Topalkara, Makbule Akbulut
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  ABSTRACT: Demodex folliculorum (DF), which is frequently found in patients with chronic blepharitis, is a well-known common inhabitant of eyelash follicles. In the present study, the prevalence of DF in seborrheic blepharitis patients and controls was investigated. In addition, the associations between the presence of DF and host factors (age, sex) were analyzed. A prospective, cross-sectional study was done involving 500 cases. In all, 6000 cilia from 170 patients with seborrheic blepharitis and 330 patients with normal eyes were examined for DF. Twelve eyelash samples were epilated from each patient and examined under the light microscope. DF was found in 28.8% (49/170) of patients with blepharitis and in 26.7% (88/330) of controls. The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant. The overall prevalence was 27.4% (137/500) in all patients. Although the prevalence of DF increased with increasing age, no significant difference was found between the age groups. There was also no statistically significant difference for DF prevalence between males (28.9%; 71/246) and females (24.1%; 61/254). Our findings show a high DF prevalence in both blepharitis and control patients and no relationship was found between the presence of DF and host factors (age, sex).
  Ophthalmic Epidemiology 09/2005; 12(4):287-90. · 1.45 Impact Factor
• Article: Effect of frequent-replacement contact lenses on normal conjunctival flora.

  Haydar Erdoğan, Mustafa Kemal, M Ilker Toker, Ayşen Topalkara, Zahir Bakici
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  ABSTRACT: To evaluate the effect of frequent-replacement contact lenses (FRCL) on the normal conjunctival flora. This study included 30 patients using FRCL for refractive errors only and 32 age-matched, healthy controls. All patients replaced their lenses every 3 to 4 weeks. The samples were taken from the lower fornix with a culture swab and incubated in blood agar. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the predominant organism found in the conjunctival samples in the two groups. In the FRCL group, 9 (30%) S. epidermidis, 3 (10%) Acinetobacter Iwoffii, and 2 (6.7%) Moraxella spp. were isolated from the conjunctival samples. In the control group, 7 (23.3%) S. epidermidis and 2 (6.7%) A. lwoffii were isolated from the conjunctival samples. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups (P > .05). Our results show that the normal conjunctival flora was not changed by the FRCL, but there was a nonsignificant increase in the bacterial population.
  The CLAO journal: official publication of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc 05/2002; 28(2):94-5.