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The massive scandal over toxic eye drops in the USA! At least 68 people have become infected because of contaminated eye drops. So far, three people have died, eight have gone blind, and four others have had an eyeball surgically removed.

EzriCare and Delsam Pharma over-the-counter eye drops, first recalled in February, are now linked to cases in 16 states, the US Department of Health and Human Services said. 

Eye germ resistant to drugs

 The drops made in India are held responsible for infections with the germ *Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is the first time that this germ has been able to spread in the United States, as the ministry explains. He is "largely resistant to common drugs."

The agency's report says, "Three people have died, and there have been eight reports of vision loss and four reports of enucleation (surgical removal of the eyeball)."

The agency warned, "Patients who have used EzriCare or Delsam Pharma eye drops and show signs or symptoms of an eye infection should seek immediate medical attention."

Symptoms knew so far: blurred vision, redness in the eye area, the feeling that something is in the eye, and "yellow, green or clear discharge from the eye."

Lawsuits against manufacturers

Florida attorney Clara Oliva said she is suing eye drop maker EzriCare. After taking the drops, she partially lost her vision. She was "terribly injured and now almost blind."

Another case involves a 72-year-old woman who lost vision in her left eye after using EzriCare eye drops.

Her doctor, Dr. Ahmed Omar, told CNN, "She noticed the blurry vision in her left eye for a few days and then yellow discharge on her pillow."After that, the appearance of her eyes changed. In the emergency room, a corneal ulcer was discovered. Despite the operation, the doctors could not save the eye.

 

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
P. aeruginosa colonies on blood agar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Pseudomonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudomonas
Species:	P. aeruginosa
Binomial name
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schröter 1872) Migula 1900
Synonyms
Bacterium aeruginosumSchroeter 1872 Bacterium aeruginosum Cohn 1872 Micrococcus pyocyaneus Zopf 1884 Bacillus aeruginosus (Schroeter 1872) Trevisan 1885 Bacillus pyocyaneus (Zopf 1884) Flügge 1886 Pseudomonas pyocyanea (Zopf 1884) Migula 1895 Bacterium pyocyaneum (Zopf 1884) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 Pseudomonas polycolor Clara 1930 Pseudomonas vendrelli nomen nudum 1938

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa in petri dish.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common encapsulated, gram-negative, aerobic–facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium that can cause disease in plants, animals, and humans.^[1][2] A species of considerable medical importance, P. aeruginosa is a multidrug-resistant pathogen recognized for its ubiquity, its intrinsically advanced antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and its association with serious illnesses – hospital-acquired infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and various sepsis syndromes.