A Case of Microbial Keratitis as a Complication of Orthokeratology Contact Lens Wear.
- Author:
Yong Bum LEE
1
;
Hungwon TCHAH
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Microbial keratitis;
Orthokeratology lens
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Blister;
Child;
Contact Lenses;
Humans;
Keratitis*;
Lenses, Intraocular;
Male;
Myopia;
Phacoemulsification;
Refractive Errors;
Trabeculectomy
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1999;40(5):1401-1404
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Orthokeratology is a nonsurgical measure for correcting ametropia, especially, myopia by changing corneal curvature and refractive powers with the use of tight-fitting, progressively flatter, and rigid contact lenses. Contact lens-related microbial keratitis is already well-known, but keratitis which was developed in orthokeratology lens is not reported yet. Only one case of filtering bleb infection as a complication of orthokeratology lens wear is reported abroad in a patient who had been performed a right trabeculectomy in combination with phacoemulsification and insertion of an intraocular lens implant before. We treated successfully the microbial keratitis which developed in a 11-year-old boy with fortified antibiotics who had worn orthokeratology lens for one month.
