author = {Bharathi, M. and Ramakrishnan, R. and Meenakshi, R. and Kumar, C. and Padmavathy, S. and Mittal, S.}, title = {{Ulcerative keratitis associated with contact lens wear}}, journal ={Indian Journal of Ophthalmology}, volume ={55}, number ={1}, pages = {64-67}, doi = {10.4103/0301-4738.29500}, year = {2007}, abstract ={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.}, URL ={https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2007;volume=55;issue=1;spage=64;epage=67;aulast=Bharathi;t=6}, eprint ={https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2007;volume=55;issue=1;spage=64;epage=67;aulast=Bharathi;t=6} }