The bacteria found in the deadly and blindness-causing eyedrops that were recalled earlier this year can spread person-to-person.
. The bacteria have caused at least 68 infections, including three deaths and at least eight cases of blindness.The eyedrops were imported to the U.S. from India, and many of the cases occurred after the bacteria spread person-to-person at a long-term care facility in Connecticut, according to the, which cited FDA and CDC lead investigator Maroya Walters, PhD. Walters said the cases that caused death or blindness were traced to the EzriCare artificial tears product.
“It’s very hard to get rid of,” University of North Carolina infectious disease specialist David van Duin, MD, PhD, told theThe FDA said it had halted the import of the recalled products and has since visited the plant in India where they were made, which is owned by Global Pharma Healthcare. In a to the company dated March 2, the FDA listed nearly a dozen problems, such as dirty equipment and the absence of safety procedures and tests.
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