US authorities recall eyedrops infected with drug-resistant bacteria

Both the FDA and the CDC have issued an advisory against the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears. Photograph: Ruben Bonilla Gonzalo/Getty Images

US authorities have recalled a brand of eyedrops contaminated with a drug-resistant bacterial contamination that may have killed one person and injured 68 others, a small number of whom have to have the affected eye surgically removed.

Both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an advisory against the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears, warning that they may be linked to an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.