Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with contact lens wear in Singapore.

Purpose: To describe an outbreak of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) cases among contact lens wearers.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: Patients with AK were included.

Nodular scleritis and Sweet's syndrome.

The authors report a case of nodular scleritis in Sweet's syndrome. The patient was a 40-year-old Malay woman with a history of Sweet's syndrome presented with a 6-day history of a red and painful right eye associated with blurred vision. Clinical examination revealed nodular scleritis of the right eye which was deemed secondary to Sweet's syndrome after investigations for other systemic diseases were negative.

An outbreak of Fusarium keratitis associated with contact lens wear in Singapore.

Context: Fungal keratitis is a potentially blinding condition that is rarely seen with contact lens wear.

Objective: To describe a nationwide outbreak of fungal keratitis caused by Fusarium species among contact lens wearers in Singapore.

Design, Setting, And Patients: Nationwide, hospital-based case series.