Ocular complications associated with the use of cosmetic contact lenses from unlicensed vendors

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 196-200

  Steinemann, Thomas L ^a,b,e   Pinninti, Usha ^a   Szczotka, Loretta B ^b   Eiferman, Richard A ^c   Price Jr , Francis W ^d  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d PRICE VISION GROUP   (United States)

^e Division of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colored contact lens; Conjunctivitis; Corneal ulcer; Cosmetic contact lens; Decorative contact lens; Keratitis; Soft contact lens complications

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COSMETIC; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA ULCER; EYE BURNING; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; DRUG COMBINATION; KERATITIS; LEGAL ASPECT; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CONTACT LENSES; COSMETICS; DEVICE APPROVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0642273857     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00140068-200310000-00002     Document Type: Article

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