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Number of confirmed eye infections climbs: CDC

Last Updated: 2006-05-05 15:29:01 -0400 (Reuters Health)

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on

Friday said it has confirmed 102 cases of a serious eye infection that has

hurt the fortunes of eye products maker Bausch & Lomb.

The CDC is investigating an outbreak of Fusarium keratitis, a potentially

blinding eye infection. The total number of confirmed cases is up from 86

confirmed cases as of May 2.

A large percentage of the confirmed cases have been users of Bausch & Lomb's

ReNu with MoistureLoc product, which the company pulled from store shelves

last month.

The CDC did not provide an update on how many of the confirmed cases of the

infection used Bausch & Lomb products but said the percentage of ReNu with

MoistureLoc users has remained consistent throughout its investigation.

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