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Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study
INTRODUCTION: Microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. Contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the...
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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author | Rasoulinejad, Seyed Ahmad Sadeghi, Mahmoud Montazeri, Mohammad Hedayati Goudarzi, Hesam Montazeri, Mahmood Akbarian, Nadali |
author_facet | Rasoulinejad, Seyed Ahmad Sadeghi, Mahmoud Montazeri, Mohammad Hedayati Goudarzi, Hesam Montazeri, Mahmood Akbarian, Nadali |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. Contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of CLK in patients referred to the emergency department (ED) of teaching hospitals, Babol, Iran. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of all patients with contact lens induced corneal ulcers admitted to the teaching hospitals of Babol, Iran, from 2011- 2013. An ophthalmologist examined patients with the slit-lamp and clinical features of them were noted (including pain, redness, foreign body sensation, chemosis, epiphora, blurred vision, discomfort, photophobia, discharge, ocular redness and swelling). All suspected infectious corneal ulcers were scraped for microbial culture and two slides were prepared. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 18.0. RESULTS: A total of 14 patients (17 eyes) were recruited into the study (100% female). The patients’ age ranged from 16-37 years old (mean age 21.58±7.23 years). The most prevalent observed clinical signs were pain and redness. Three samples reported as sterile. The most common isolated causative organism was pseudomonas aeroginosa (78.6%), Staphylococcus aureus 14.3%, and enterobacter 7.1%, respectively. Treatment outcome was excellent in 23.5%, good in 47.1%, and poor in 29.4% of cases. CONCLUSION: Improper lens wear and care as well as the lack of awareness about the importance of aftercare visits have been identified as potential risk factors for the corneal ulcer among contact lens wearers. Training and increasing the awareness of adequate lens care and disinfection practices, consulting with an ophthalmologist, and frequent replacement of contact lens storage cases would greatly help reducing the risk of microbial keratitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-46145682015-10-22 Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study Rasoulinejad, Seyed Ahmad Sadeghi, Mahmoud Montazeri, Mohammad Hedayati Goudarzi, Hesam Montazeri, Mahmood Akbarian, Nadali Emerg (Tehran) Brief Report INTRODUCTION: Microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. Contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of CLK in patients referred to the emergency department (ED) of teaching hospitals, Babol, Iran. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of all patients with contact lens induced corneal ulcers admitted to the teaching hospitals of Babol, Iran, from 2011- 2013. An ophthalmologist examined patients with the slit-lamp and clinical features of them were noted (including pain, redness, foreign body sensation, chemosis, epiphora, blurred vision, discomfort, photophobia, discharge, ocular redness and swelling). All suspected infectious corneal ulcers were scraped for microbial culture and two slides were prepared. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 18.0. RESULTS: A total of 14 patients (17 eyes) were recruited into the study (100% female). The patients’ age ranged from 16-37 years old (mean age 21.58±7.23 years). The most prevalent observed clinical signs were pain and redness. Three samples reported as sterile. The most common isolated causative organism was pseudomonas aeroginosa (78.6%), Staphylococcus aureus 14.3%, and enterobacter 7.1%, respectively. Treatment outcome was excellent in 23.5%, good in 47.1%, and poor in 29.4% of cases. CONCLUSION: Improper lens wear and care as well as the lack of awareness about the importance of aftercare visits have been identified as potential risk factors for the corneal ulcer among contact lens wearers. Training and increasing the awareness of adequate lens care and disinfection practices, consulting with an ophthalmologist, and frequent replacement of contact lens storage cases would greatly help reducing the risk of microbial keratitis. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4614568/ /pubmed/26495376 Text en © 2014 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Rasoulinejad, Seyed Ahmad Sadeghi, Mahmoud Montazeri, Mohammad Hedayati Goudarzi, Hesam Montazeri, Mahmood Akbarian, Nadali Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title | Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title_full | Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title_fullStr | Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title_short | Clinical Presentation and Microbial Analyses of Contact Lens Keratitis; an Epidemiologic Study |
title_sort | clinical presentation and microbial analyses of contact lens keratitis; an epidemiologic study |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26495376 |
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