The diagnosis and management of contact lens-related microbial keratitis.

摘要: Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis poses a diagnostic dilemma for optometrists on two fronts. The distinction between sterile inflammation and infection is often blurred. In addition, there requirement with nearly 50 per cent of the Australian New Zealand optometric profession being therapeutically endorsed, to distinguish cases that can be managed in community verses those require escalation public hospitals have access laboratory tools advanced imaging techniques, such as vivo confocal microscopy. Pattern recognition incorporation knowledge aetiology risk factors assists decide optimal management strategies. Skilled will utilise emerging therapeutic technologies ensure safe strategies better outcomes these cases.