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This is why you should always take good care of your contact lenses.
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Paper on the pathogenesis of contact lens-associated microbial keratitis: 1.usa.gov/1oqzsZ1
Paper on one contact lens defense (which offers therapeutic promise):
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Bacterial keratitis, a condition in which the eye’s cornea becomes inflamed due to bacterial infection
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Female Eye Doctor In Examination Room
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Fusarium sp.
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Herpes Viruses
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga
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Shirley McClinton making notations on a Petri place of Fusarium fungal colonies
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Clean, open contact lens case
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