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Devastating outcome after only 6 hours of contact lens wear

Vivek B Pandya, Alessandra Martins and Shanel Sharma
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (7): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02096.x
Published online: 6 October 2008

To the Editor: Microbial keratitis associated with soft contact lens wear is a well recognised, not uncommon, clinical entity and a preventable cause of ocular morbidity.1,2


  • 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
  • 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.


Correspondence: shanel@unsw.edu.au

  • 1. Green M, Apel A, Stapleton F. A longitudinal study of trends in keratitis in Australia. Cornea 2008; 27: 33-39.
  • 2. Keay L, Edwards K, Naduvilath T, et al. Microbial keratitis predisposing factors and morbidity. Ophthalmology 2006; 113: 109-116.
  • 3. Green MD, Apel AJ, Naduvilath T, Stapleton FJ. Clinical outcomes of keratitis. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2007; 35: 421-426.
  • 4. Stapleton F, Keay L, Sanfilippo PG, et al. Relationship between climate, disease severity, and causative organism for contact lens-associated microbial keratitis in Australia. Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 144: 690-698.
  • 5. Constantinou M, Daniell M, Snibson GR, et al. Clinical efficacy of moxifloxacin in the treatment of bacterial keratitis: a randomized clinical trial. Ophthalmology 2007; 114: 1622-1629.

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