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Ocular manifestations of a hospitalised patient with confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus disease

British Journal of Ophthalmology · 2020 · Vol. 104(6) · pp. 748–751

Lu Chen(He Eye Hospital)Meizhou Liu(He Eye Hospital)Zheng Zhang(Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital)Kun Qiao(Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital)Ting Huang(Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital)Miaohong Chen(He Eye Hospital)Na Xin(He Eye Hospital)Zu-Liang Huang(He Eye Hospital)Lei Liu(Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital)Guoming Zhang✉(He Eye Hospital)Jiantao Wang(He Eye Hospital)

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Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 is capable of causing ocular complications such as viral conjunctivitis in the middle phase of illness. Precautionary measures are recommended when examining infected patients throughout the clinical course of the infection. However, conjunctival sampling might not be useful for early diagnosis because the virus may not appear initially in the conjunctiva.

Retinal and Optic Conditions Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Cerebral Venous Sinus ThrombosisMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Disease2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)CoronavirusPandemicEye diseasePediatricsOphthalmology

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdultAntiviral AgentsConjunctivitis, ViralHumansMaleNasal CavityOphthalmic SolutionsPharynxPneumonia, ViralRibavirinRNA, ViralTreatment Outcome