The CDC is urging people to stop using a particular brand of over-the-counter eye drops. Health officials are investigating a possible link to drug-resistant infections, and some of those patients are here in the Tri-State Area. GainerTV reports.
Click here to read more from the CDC"Pseudomonas aeruginosa. And this particular strain has not been seen in the U.S. prior to this outbreak," said Dr. Maroya Spalding Walters, who is leading the CDC investigation."It is, and it's part of what helped us identify that this was a large outbreak across multiple different states, was that this is such an unusual strain," Spalding Walters said.
Most of the people with these infections reported using different brands of artificial tears, but the majority reported using EzriCare. Symptoms of an eye infection can include discharge, eye pain or discomfort, redness of the eye or eyelid, the feeling of something in the eye, as well as increased sensitivity to light or blurry vision.
Global Pharma, which manufactures the product, says it's recalling it and"fully cooperating with U.S. federal authorities, and is continuing to investigate this matter, but thus far we have not determined whether our manufacturing facility is the source of the contamination."
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