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Ulcerative keratitis associated with contact lens wear.
Indian J Ophthalmol ; 2007 Jan-Feb; 55(1): 64-7
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-70307
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To review the microbiological profile of ulcerative keratitis associated with contact lens (CL)-wear, 35 patients with culture-proven CL-associated microbial keratitis were studied between September 1999 and September 2002. Corneal scrapes and CL-care products were collected and were subjected to microbiological evaluation. Gram-negative bacilli alone were recovered from the corneal scrapes of all 35 (100%) patients, all 70 (100%) CL storage case wells and also from CL-care solution of six (17.14%) of the 35 patients. There was a significantly higher number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (71.43%) isolated from eyes with CL-related keratitis than other bacterial isolates (28.57%) (P<0.001). Microbial contamination of CL storage cases was a great risk for gram-negative bacterial infection among soft CL-wearers.
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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Female / Humans / Male / Corneal Ulcer / Drug Contamination / Incidence / Adolescent / Contact Lens Solutions / Contact Lenses Type of study: Incidence study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Indian J Ophthalmol Year: 2007 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Female / Humans / Male / Corneal Ulcer / Drug Contamination / Incidence / Adolescent / Contact Lens Solutions / Contact Lenses Type of study: Incidence study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Indian J Ophthalmol Year: 2007 Type: Article