Ophthalmology

UIC investigates eye infections tied to contact lens use

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 1st, 2007

The use of a particular contact lens solution has a strong association with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare severe eye infection, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago in a study published online by the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

AK is an often severe, painful infection of the cornea that commonly causes corneal scarring and sometimes blindness.

"We began to look for possible contact lens-related causes for the sharp increase in cases, all in contact lens wearers, in this previously rare infection," said Charlotte Joslin, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at UIC and principle investigator in the...

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