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Maria D. Bernal, MD; Nisha R. Acharya, MD; Thomas M. Lietman, MD; Erich C. Strauss, MD; Stephen D. McLeod, MD; David G. Hwang, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124(7):1051-1053. Published online June 12, 2006 (doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.124.7.ecr60006).

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We report a cluster of 4 cases of soft contact lens–associated Fusarium keratitis seen at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), during a 5-week span in early 2006 and compare this cluster with the number of previous cases of culture-positive Fusarium keratitis seen at UCSF during the prior 30 years. This cluster represents part of a larger outbreak of Fusarium keratitis currently under investigation by public health authorities in Singapore¹ and the United States.² As in these outbreaks under investigation, soft contact lens wear and use of ReNu with MoistureLoc or ReNu MultiPlus (Bausch & Lomb, Rochester, NY) contact lens solution was a common feature of these cases.

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Case 1. A 19-year-old, previously healthy woman was referred in February 2006 for presumed herpes simplex . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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