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To the Editor: Travelers to remote destinations may not have access to immediate medical care in case of an emergency. Contact-lens wearers, in particular, should take precautions, since they are susceptible to serious microbial keratitis.^1,2,3,4 We describe two patients in whom corneal ulcers developed while they were vacationing in remote areas.

A corneal ulcer developed in a 57-year-old woman while she was vacationing in Tahiti. The woman used daily-wear soft contact lenses and removed her lenses before going to bed. She went to a local physician and was treated with intravenous gentamicin; an ophthalmologist was not available. Her condition did . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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