Contact lens-related visual loss in the context of microbial keratitis

Microbial keratitis is a potentially blinding condition for those who do not receive rapid and proper treatment. The case of a healthy 26-year-old man who has worn extended-wear hydrogel soft contact lenses and developed a unilateral central corneal ulcer with underlying dense stromal infiltrates su...

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Autores principales: Mohammadpour, Mehrdad, Hosseini, Seyedeh Simindokht, Khorrami-Nejad, Masoud, Bazvand, Fatemeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6385779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30858743
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S192585
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author Mohammadpour, Mehrdad
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Bazvand, Fatemeh
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description Microbial keratitis is a potentially blinding condition for those who do not receive rapid and proper treatment. The case of a healthy 26-year-old man who has worn extended-wear hydrogel soft contact lenses and developed a unilateral central corneal ulcer with underlying dense stromal infiltrates surrounded by subepithelial and superficial stromal opacity in a reticular pattern along with several complications is reported.
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spelling pubmed-63857792019-03-11 Contact lens-related visual loss in the context of microbial keratitis Mohammadpour, Mehrdad Hosseini, Seyedeh Simindokht Khorrami-Nejad, Masoud Bazvand, Fatemeh Clin Optom (Auckl) Case Report Microbial keratitis is a potentially blinding condition for those who do not receive rapid and proper treatment. The case of a healthy 26-year-old man who has worn extended-wear hydrogel soft contact lenses and developed a unilateral central corneal ulcer with underlying dense stromal infiltrates surrounded by subepithelial and superficial stromal opacity in a reticular pattern along with several complications is reported. Dove Medical Press 2019-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6385779/ /pubmed/30858743 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S192585 Text en © 2019 Mohammadpour et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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