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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2021 Mar 12;18(6):2916.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062916.
Ocular Involvement of SARS-CoV-2 in a Polish Cohort of COVID-19-Positive Patients
Joanna Dolar-Szczasny[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mario D Toro[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Anna Dworza?ska[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tomasz W?jtowicz[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Izabela Korona-Glowniak[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Rafa? Sawicki[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Anastazja Boguszewska[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ma?gorzata Polz-Dacewicz[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Krzysztof Tomasiewicz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Wojciech Za?uska[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Robert Rejdak[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paola Bagnoli[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Dario Rusciano[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; SARS-CoV-2; eye; lung.
. 2021 Mar 12;18(6):2916.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062916.
Ocular Involvement of SARS-CoV-2 in a Polish Cohort of COVID-19-Positive Patients
Joanna Dolar-Szczasny[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mario D Toro[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Anna Dworza?ska[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tomasz W?jtowicz[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Izabela Korona-Glowniak[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Rafa? Sawicki[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Anastazja Boguszewska[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ma?gorzata Polz-Dacewicz[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Krzysztof Tomasiewicz[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Wojciech Za?uska[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Robert Rejdak[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Paola Bagnoli[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Dario Rusciano[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33809199
- DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18062916
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; PCR; SARS-CoV-2; eye; lung.