Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 585-590 , April 2008

Multistate outbreak of toxic anterior segment syndrome, 2005

,Accepted 20 November 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Institution at which work was performed: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC. Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification purpose only and does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 Keren Z. Landman, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Mary Spayne, MPH, Vermont Department of Health; Walter I. Fried, PhD, MD, Surevision Eye Centers of Lake County, Gurnee, Illinois; and Dean Carlson, MD, Eye Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, helped prepare this paper. Mark Iverson, MD, Copley Hospital; Laura Ure, CGRN, Rocky Mountain Laser and Surgical Center, Pueblo, Colorado; and Sue MeKenna provided technical and/or clinical assistance.

 Presented at the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, April 2007.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00048-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.11.037

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
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