Unveiling endophthalmitis post COVID-19 – A case series

Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become a global pandemic. There has been a resurgence in complications involving various organs in patients recovered from COVID-19, and endophthalmitis is one of them. Endophthalmitis—an inflammation of intraocular...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Khatwani, Paras R, Goel, Nikita P, Trivedi, Kinjal Y, Aggarwal, Somesh V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:
Expedited Publication, Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8597453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34571655
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1616_21
Descripción
Sumario:Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become a global pandemic. There has been a resurgence in complications involving various organs in patients recovered from COVID-19, and endophthalmitis is one of them. Endophthalmitis—an inflammation of intraocular tissues leading to loss of vision or even loss of eye—has been a rare occurrence in the past, but has been on the rise in the post-COVID-19 times. Here we report seven such cases.

Ejemplares similares