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The researchers also found a statistically fragile association between three other contact lens use factors and infection: reusing solution, rubbing the lenses when cleaning them, and showering with lenses on.

"Showering can scatter water-borne microbes into a mist and increase exposure to the microbe that causes the infection," said Joslin. Reusing solutions and not rubbing lens when cleaning and storing them could also result in more exposure to the microbe.

Since these factors are linked to an augmented probability of infection and this is the second very recent outbreak of a tremendously rare eye infection, the researchers stress that it is important to look for supplementary causes behind the occurrence of this infection and to assess whether changes in the water supply may be contributing to this increase in disease.

For example, Joslin said, recent Environmental Protection Agency regulations that reduce the levels of disinfectant in the water supply may have led to an enhance in the microbial load that contact lens solutions must kill in order to avert disease.

"Our results demonstrate that the use of AMO Complete MoisturePlus Multi-Purpose Solution is strongly associated with AK disease -- but it was not a factor in nearly 40 percent of cases," Joslin said.


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