To investigate the accumulation of tear proteins on disposable extended-wear contact lenses (42% Etafilcon A and 58% hydration), a technique involving sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide minigel electrophoresis combined with a sensitive silver-staining method was used. Besides the binding of large amounts of tear lysozyme the authors found an accumulation of an as yet unidentified 30-kilodalt...

Keratitis due to Acanthamoeba is a potentially sight threatening condition if unrecognised, or if inappropriate medical therapy is used.' The infection is being recognised worldwide.'A It is often associated in Europe and in the USA with contact lens wear; elsewhere, particularly in the tropics, it occurs most often in rural communities and can be associated with trauma and mud splashing.5 We p...

Keratitis due to Acanthamoeba is a potentially sight threatening condition if unrecognised, or if inappropriate medical therapy is used.' The infection is being recognised worldwide.'A It is often associated in Europe and in the USA with contact lens wear; elsewhere, particularly in the tropics, it occurs most often in rural communities and can be associated with trauma and mud splashing.5 We p...

We prospectively studied for three years the optical correction by contact lenses of 83 aphakic infants (141 eyes) who generally also had systemic and other ocular anomalies: 85% of the patients tolerated the lens wear for the whole study period. Complications occurred in 46 eyes and led to cessation of lens wear in two cases. Ten patients abandoned the lenses for other reasons. Thirty-four eye...

Keratitis due to Acanthamoeba is a potentially sight threatening condition if unrecognised, or if inappropriate medical therapy is used.' The infection is being recognised worldwide.'A It is often associated in Europe and in the USA with contact lens wear; elsewhere, particularly in the tropics, it occurs most often in rural communities and can be associated with trauma and mud splashing.5 We p...