RESUMO
It's represents a severe complication that could lead to vision lost. They are caused by a bad hygiene, a permanent wear of contact lenses and a contamination of boxes. We report a retrospective study of 10 years from January 2003 to december 2013, of patients seen in our hospital for severe corneal abcesses under contact lens. These patients have undergone the same treatement: an initial clinical exam with the assessement of visual acuity, slit lamp exam in order to analyse the corneal infection [superficiel or stromal corneal infection], conjunctival samples or samples within the abcesses, associated to bacterial exam, antibiotherapy in local or general administration, adapted after to bacteriologic results. Corneal abscess represent the major risk wearing contact lenses. Infectious complications have been reported frequently in patients with contact lenses in several series. The corneal abscess is a dramatic complication among patients with contact lenses. A good support is based primarily on early diagnosis and quality of the first treatment