Contact Lenses Are Home To Pathogenic Amoebae

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Contact lenses increase the risk of infection with pathogenic protozoa that can cause blindness. New research shows that a high percentage of contact lens cases in Tenerife are contaminated with Acanthamoeba that cannot be killed by normal contact lens solution.

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