The CDC warned against using EzriCare eye drops after they were linked to drug-resistant bacterial infections, vision loss, and death. Researchers have now detailed a case of a corneal ulcer caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which was traced back to contaminated eye drops. Although the product has b
is a pathogenic and drug-resistant gram-negative bacteriumIn November 2022, doctors in Cleveland diagnosed a patient with a corneal ulcer with aThe patient acquired the infection from tainted eye drops months before the CDC’s February 2023 warning
The patient initially reported to an outpatient eye clinic with blurry vision. From there, she was sent to the emergency department at the hospital, where she was evaluated by ophthalmologists. They cultured the infection, prescribed a combination of strong antibiotic eye drops, and sent her home. But the next day, the eye was worse—and she visited a cornea specialist.
At that point, Morelli said, her case was referred to microbiologists and infectious disease experts at the hospital. Infectious disease specialist Scott Fulton, M.D., asked the patient’s husband to bring in her eye drops for testing. A sample from the patient was sent to the lab of Robert Bonomo, M.D., an expert in gram-negative, drug-resistant bacteria at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
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