Microbial keratitis as a foreseeable complication of cosmetic contact lenses: a prospective study

Purpose:  A recent study shows that the relative risk of contact lenses (CL)‐related microbial keratitis (MK) is highly increased with cosmetic contact lenses (CosCL). The aim of our study is to illustrate the implications of the CosCL on the occurence of MK and to describe the subpopulation of CosCL wearers.

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