Commentary

Contact lens–related eye infections appear to be greatly underreported.1 Although there were approximately 1 million outpatient and ED visits for keratitis in 2010, only 1,075 reports of contact-related corneal infections were provided from any source to MedWatch, the official FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program.2 Microbial keratitis can require prolonged treatment courses and may lead to permanent visual impairment.3 This issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reports a case series of 6 patients with corneal infections for which sleeping in lenses was the primary risk factor for infection.

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