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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">313</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2024.41103</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Medical Education</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Bacterial Aspects of Contact Lenses: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment: A Review Article&#13;
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      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alem</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed Abdulrahman</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>5</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>4</volume>
      <issue>11</issue>
      <fpage>559</fpage>
      <lpage>579</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
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      <abstract>
        <p>Contact lenses represent one of the common methods of vision correction. Estimates suggest that over 35 million people in the United States (US) alone use contact lenses for various reasons, such as correcting astigmatism, myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and even cosmetic. It has been widely reported that contact lens-related microbial keratitis is the predominant cause of infectious keratitis in numerous regions, including North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Far East. Adhesion and growth of bacteria on the surface of contact lenses have been linked to inflammation of the cornea and corneal ulcers, which are open sores on the cornea. As the cornea is the transparent front covering of the eye, a corneal ulcer can obstruct vision and lead to permanent blindness; therefore, it should be treated immediately. Understanding the bacterial aspects of contact lens use is crucial for both healthcare professionals and contact lens wearers. The aim of this research is to review and evaluate the available information in outline of bacterial keratitis related to contact lenses, including symptoms, diagnosis, along with a comprehensive overview of microbiological laboratory techniques in bacterial characteristics that can help determine the appropriate treatment for a contact lens-associated infection to prevent or reduce the need for surgery in patients with severe corneal ulcers.&#13;
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      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>contact lenses</kwd>
        <kwd> eye infection</kwd>
        <kwd> corneal ulcers</kwd>
        <kwd> corneal scraping</kwd>
        <kwd> bacterial keratitis</kwd>
        <kwd> eye treatment</kwd>
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