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Ocular Involvement of SARS-CoV-2 in a Polish Cohort of COVID-19-Positive Patients
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 2916, p 2916 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 6
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 responsible for the current human COVID-19 pandemic has shown tropism toward different organs with variable efficiency, eyes included. The purpose of this study has been to investigate the presence of detectable SARS-CoV-2 infection in ocular swabs in patients affected by COVID-19. A consecutive series of 74 COVID-19-positive patients (age 21–89) were enrolled at two Polish COVID-19 hospitals for 4 months and were characterized by PCR for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in nasopharyngeal (NP) and ocular swabs, while their respiratory and ocular symptoms were noted. Almost 50% of them presented with severe/critical respiratory involvement, and some degree of eye disease. No tight correlation was observed between the presence of ocular and respiratory symptoms. Three male patients presenting with severe/critical lung disease tested positive in ocular swab, however with mild/moderate ocular symptoms. In conclusion, our study lends further support to the view that overt ocular infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not such a frequent occurrence.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
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genetic structures
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Eye disease
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Article
Virus
lung
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Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
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Pandemics
Tropism
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Aged, 80 and over
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
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eye
eye diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
PCR
Cohort
030221 ophthalmology & optometry
Poland
sense organs
business
Coronavirus Infections
Human
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2916
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a973fc70674be628d09a71c77e26a0bc