Pseudomonas aeruginosa Corneal Ulcer Associated With Artificial Tears Eye Drops

Morgan K Morelli¹, Amy Kloosterboer², Ahmed F Omar^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² University Hospitals Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut Medical School, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

Morgan K Morelli et al. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;141(5):496.

doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.1105.

Morgan K Morelli¹, Amy Kloosterboer², Ahmed F Omar^{2

3}

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² University Hospitals Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut Medical School, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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Plain language summary

This case report describes vision loss in a 72-year-old woman following use of EzriCare eye drops.

Potential Rare Danger of Presumably Benign Artificial Tears.
Prescott CR, Colby KA. Prescott CR, et al. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 May 1;141(5):497-498. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.1114. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023. PMID: 36947074 No abstract available.