This week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that two additional deaths have been linked to a rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eye drops.
A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eye drops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss and surgical removal of eyes. This week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported two additional deaths – a total of three – have been linked to the bacterial infection.
“So that’s when we inquired about specifically the EzriCare tears, because we knew they were associated with resistant infection that may not respond to those really strong antibiotics.” Cultures from the man’s cornea and EzriCare bottle grew the same strain of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas. The man’s vision at his two months follow-up appointment was 20/400, meaning he can see at 20 feet what healthy people can see at 400 feet.
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