Two additional deaths, along with half a dozen new cases of vision loss, have been linked to eye drops contaminated with a rare strain of “extensively drug-resistant” bacteria that hadn’t been detected in the US previously.
The total number of deaths associated with the outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as stands at four, with 14 cases of vision loss or eye removal caused by the tainted eye drops.
The manufacturer of the EzriCare drops issued a recall of their product in February.
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