Detection of COVID-19 in tears of ICU-admitted patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Int Ophthalmol
; 42(3): 723-727, 2022 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1681275
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Upon the outbreak of 2019, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic confirmed the cases surpassed 20 million. Despite a few reports identified the association of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with ocular manifestations, it may assess the ocular symptoms of patients with the COVID-19 by ophthalmologists facilitate the diagnosis and prevent transmission.METHODS:
A total of 60 patients with the COVID-19 admitted to Baghiatallah hospital from March 2020 to May 2020 were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed for the ocular manifestations, blood tests, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 using nasopharyngeal and conjunctival swabs.RESULTS:
Among 60 included patients with clinically confirmed COVID-19, the median age 58.36 years (IQR 30-88 years), 27 (45%) were male. Furthermore, 29 (48%) and 5 (8%) patients yielded positive for SARS-CoV-2 on RT-PCR from nasopharyngeal swabs and conjunctival specimens, respectively. Among 60 patients, 10 (16%) and 3 (5%), respectively, had the ocular manifestations and positive results for SARS-CoV-2 on RT-PCR from conjunctival and nasopharyngeal swabs.CONCLUSION:
Although the positive rate of tear RT-PCR rate is not noticeable as nasopharyngeal swabs yet, COVID-19 transmission through the eyes is biologically plausible.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Int Ophthalmol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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