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Editor, Senior Moderator
Korean J Fam Med
. 2020 Jun 1.
doi: 10.4082/kjfm.20.0090. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Presenting as Conjunctivitis
Ng Ying Ying[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Nur Suhaila Idris[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Rosediani Muhamad[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Imran Ahmad[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The world is currently challenged to handle this pandemic. The common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath. There are few reports on the association of SARS-CoV-2 with ocular abnormalities including conjunctivitis. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented solely with conjunctivitis subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19. A lack of full history of her travel abroad was another issue leading to a delay in evaluating her COVID-19 status that increased the infection risk to her managing team. Thus, primary care practitioners should be suspicious of this atypical feature of COVID-19, thus enabling us to identify such patients at entry points. Maintaining safety measures while managing patients is also crucial.
Keywords: COVID-19; Conjunctivitis; Coronavirus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.
. 2020 Jun 1.
doi: 10.4082/kjfm.20.0090. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Presenting as Conjunctivitis
Ng Ying Ying[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Nur Suhaila Idris[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Rosediani Muhamad[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Imran Ahmad[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32475104
- DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.20.0090
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The world is currently challenged to handle this pandemic. The common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath. There are few reports on the association of SARS-CoV-2 with ocular abnormalities including conjunctivitis. We report a case of a 54-year-old woman who presented solely with conjunctivitis subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19. A lack of full history of her travel abroad was another issue leading to a delay in evaluating her COVID-19 status that increased the infection risk to her managing team. Thus, primary care practitioners should be suspicious of this atypical feature of COVID-19, thus enabling us to identify such patients at entry points. Maintaining safety measures while managing patients is also crucial.
Keywords: COVID-19; Conjunctivitis; Coronavirus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.