Pseudomonas Corneal Ulcer with Extended-wear Soft Contact Lenses for Myopia

Overview

Journal Arch Ophthalmol

Publisher American Medical Association

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 1983 Oct 1

PMID 6626006

Citations 4

Authors

G Hassman

J Sugar

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Abstract

Extended-wear soft contact lenses for myopic correction are becoming a more frequent alternative to spectacles. The risk of corneal ulceration with their use exists. In our patient, a 29-year-old woman, a severe Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal ulcer developed after the use of extended-wear contact lenses for myopia.

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