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MoisturePlus contact lens solution as a source of acanthamoeba keratitis.

Abstract
Recently, it was suggested that the use of the Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus multipurpose cleaning solution might be a risk factor for contracting Acanthamoeba keratitis, and the manufacturer voluntarily recalled it in May 2007. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of a variable part of the 18S rRNA gene allowed for the first time tracking of Advanced Medical Optics Complete MoisturePlus-associated Acanthamoeba keratitis isolate from a patient back to the lens cleaning solution itself.
AuthorsSimon Hasler, Wasiliki Dedes, Alexander Mathis, Felix Grimm, Michael A Thiel
JournalCornea (Cornea) Vol. 28 Issue 2 Pg. 219-20 (Feb 2009) ISSN: 1536-4798 [Electronic] United States
PMID19158570 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Contact Lens Solutions
  • DNA, Protozoan
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
Topics
  • Acanthamoeba (genetics)
  • Acanthamoeba Keratitis (etiology, pathology)
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Contact Lens Solutions (adverse effects)
  • Cornea (microbiology)
  • DNA, Protozoan (isolation & purification)
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S

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