TY - JOUR T1 - <em>Acanthamoeba</em> keratitis occurring with daily disposable contact lens wear JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 805 LP - 805 DO - 10.1136/bjo.84.7.805 VL - 84 IS - 7 AU - KENNETH J BLADES AU - ALAN TOMLINSON AU - DAVID SEAL Y1 - 2000/07/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/84/7/805.1.abstract N2 - Editor,—The term “disposable” contact lens is a misnomer perpetuated by the contact lens industry. Intuitively, a disposable item is discarded after use. Not so, however, for the “disposable” contact lens, as the term was introduced initially by the contact lens industry, for a lens that could be worn for 1, 2, or 4 weeks or on an extended wear basis andthen be disposed of. A later term adopted by them was “planned replacement”, which is a better description of this lens wear modality. This differs from true “daily disposable” lens wear (a recent introduction), where each pair … ER -