Ulcerative keratitis associated with contact lens wear.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2007 Jan-Feb; 55(1): 64-7
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| ID: sea-70307
ABSTRACT
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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Asunto principal:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Úlcera de la Córnea
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Contaminación de Medicamentos
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Incidencia
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Adolescente
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Soluciones para Lentes de Contacto
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Lentes de Contacto
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Inglés
Revista:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Año:
2007
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