After potential contamination with a drug-resistant bacteria in eye drops led to three deaths, multiple reports of vision loss and four reports of enucleation (the surgical removal of eyeballs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending patients and health care professionals stop using EzriCare or Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears.
The CDC issued an update earlier this week regarding its investigation into a multistate outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial strain resistant to many antibiotics. The strain has never been reported in the United States prior to this outbreak, which has been associated with multiple types of infections, including eye infections.
