Conjunctival Swabs Reveal Higher Detection Rate Compared to Schirmer Strips for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Detection in Tears of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in tear samples and to investigate whether it correlates with ocular findings and patients’ prognosis in Brazil. Methods: Tears were collected using Schirmer strips (SS) and conjunctival swabs (CS) from patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirme...

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Autores principales: Sabage, Luís Expedito, Sun, Young Joo, Wolf, Julian, Sabage, Josmar, Mazzo, Alessandra, Santos, Carlos Ferreira, Mahajan, Vinit B., Manzoni Lourençone, Luiz Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9737489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11236929

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9737489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36498504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11236929

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