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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 15;190(2):E54.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171165.

Contact lens-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in a 49-year-old woman

Harald Gjerde  1 , Anuradha Mishra  2
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Case Reports

Contact lens-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in a 49-year-old woman

Harald Gjerde et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
(A) Biomicroscopy examination of the left eye, showing a large corneal ulcer, hypopyon and diffuse conjunctival injection in a 49-year-old woman. Corneal scrapings grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (B) Considerable improvement of the corneal ulcer 10 weeks after antibiotic and corticosteroid treatment, with residual corneal scar and resolution of the hypopyon.
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