Contact lens wearers: Eyes may get more infections because their 'microbiomes' have changed

Sunday, May 31, 2015 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Using high-precision genetic tests to differentiate the thousands of bacteria that make up the human microbiome, researchers suggest that they have found a possible — and potentially surprising — root cause of the increased frequency of certain eye infections among contact lens wearers.

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