Optom Vis Sci 2021 Mar;98(3):182-198
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, and University Hospitals of Cleveland Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio Northeastern Eye Institute, Scranton, Pennsylvania C Schnider Insights & More, Brush Prairie, Washington Toronto Eye Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Clinical Trial Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Cornea Service, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, College of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California iBiomedical Consulting, Jacksonville, Florida University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas Departments of Ophthalmology, and Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Illinois
Significance: Think Tank 2019 affirmed that the rate of infection associated with contact lenses has not changed in several decades. Also, there is a trend toward more serious infections associated with Acanthamoeba and fungi. The growing use of contact lenses in children demands our attention with surveillance and case-control studies. Read More