Open AccessAmerican Academy of Optometry Microbial Keratitis Think Tank
Author(s) -
Loretta Szczotka-Flynn,
Joseph P. Shovlin,
Cristina M. Schnider,
Barbara Caffery,
Eduardo C. Alfonso,
Nicole Carnt,
Robin L. Chalmers,
Sarah Collier,
Deborah S. Jacobs,
Charlotte E. Joslin,
Abby R. Kroken,
Carol Lakkis,
Eric Pearlman,
Oliver D. Schein,
Fiona Stapleton,
Elmer Y. Tu,
Mark Willcox
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optometry and vision science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1538-9235
pISSN - 1040-5488
DOI - 10.1097/opx.0000000000001664
Subject(s) - contact lens , keratitis , acanthamoeba keratitis , eye care , medicine , microbiome , orthokeratology , corneal disease , optometry , cornea , ophthalmology , biology , bioinformatics
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.