The infections were caused by a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of a bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Advertisement“These were catastrophic and life-altering infections,” Maroya Spalding Walters, who leads the CDC outbreak response investigations, said in an interview, NBC reported.Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Infected patients reported using more than 10 kinds of eyedrops, but health authorities indicated that EzriCare Artificial Tears was the most often used.CDC said the EzriCare products were the only common artificial tears product identified as harmful.
The symptoms include yellow, green or clear discharge from the eye, eye pain and discomfort, redness, a feeling of something in the eye, increased sensitivity to light and blurry vision. The bacteria can also cause infections in the blood, lungs and other parts of the body, according to the CDC.Cases have been discovered in 18 states: Connecticut, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
Though officials said the bacteria are extremely resistant to standard antibiotics, one medication, cefiderocol, did work in treating some infections, according to
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