Friday, April 21, 2006

ReNu contact solution causing blindness

Attached is a link for an article from the FDA website that discusses recent findings that some Bausch& Lomb contact solutions are having an increase in the reported cases of associated development of fungal kerititis. Fungal kerititis is, in these cases, caused by the Fasarium fungus and can lead to blindness in those effected. Many of those infected require corneal transplants. Bausch & Lomb has stopped shipping its ReNu MoistureLoc brand of contrcat solution already as the FDA investigates the 109 reported cases of associated fungal kerititis.

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/041006-keratitis.pdf

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