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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