Infectious keratitis associated with daily disposable contact lenses
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Li Lim; Daniel Hsien-Wen Su; Tat Keong Chan
- Source
- Eyecontact lens. 29(3)
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Staphylococcus aureus
Prosthesis-Related Infections
genetic structures
Eye disease
Infectious Keratitis
Eye Infections, Bacterial
law.invention
Keratitis
law
Ophthalmology
medicine
Humans
Pseudomonas Infections
Corneal Ulcer
Disposable Equipment
business.industry
Staphylococcal Infections
medicine.disease
corneal ulcer
Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic
eye diseases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Lens (optics)
Contact lens
Left eye
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Daily disposable
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
sense organs
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1542-2321
Purpose. To report two cases of infectious keratitis associated with the use of daily disposable soft contact lenses. Method. Two case reports of individuals who developed infectious keratitis while wearing daily disposable soft contact lenses are presented. Results. The first case is that of a 34-year-old woman who had been using daily disposable soft contact lenses for 18 months before she developed a corneal ulcer in her left eye. The cultures grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and she was treated successfully with fortified topical antibiotics. The second case describes a 30-year-old woman who had been using conventional soft contact lenses for 5 years before switching to daily disposable soft contact lenses 3 months before presentation. She was found to have a corneal ulcer in her left eye that grew Staphylococcus aureus on cultures, and she responded to topical antibiotic treatment. Conclusions. Although daily disposable soft contact lenses theoretically have a lower risk of infectious keratitis compared with other lens wear regimens, reports have shown that at least some risk remains. These lenses should be prescribed and used with great care to minimize contact lens-related infectious keratitis.