%0 Journal Article
%T Ulcerative keratitis associated with contact lens wear
%A Bharathi M
%A Ramakrishnan R
%A Meenakshi R
%A Kumar C
%J Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
%D 2007
%I Medknow Publications
%X 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.
%K Contact lens-associated keratitis
%K incidence
%K microbial etiology
%K microbial contamination of contact lens-care system
%K P. aeruginosa .
%U http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2007;volume=55;issue=1;spage=64;epage=67;aulast=Bharathi