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Ocular Involvement of SARS-CoV-2 in a Polish Cohort of COVID-19-Positive Patients

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...

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Autores principales: Dolar-Szczasny, Joanna, Toro, Mario D., Dworzańska, Anna, Wójtowicz, Tomasz, Korona-Glowniak, Izabela, Sawicki, Rafał, Boguszewska, Anastazja, Polz-Dacewicz, Małgorzata, Tomasiewicz, Krzysztof, Załuska, Wojciech, Rejdak, Robert, Bagnoli, Paola, Rusciano, Dario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062916
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Sumario: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.