• La Clinica terapeutica · May 2020

    Case Reports

    COVID-19 emergency in the cruise's ship: a case report of conjunctivitis.

    • M Salducci and G La Torre.
    • Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Sense Organs, Medical Clinical in Forensic Ophtalmology, Sapienza University - Hospital Umberto I^, Rome, Italy.
    • Clin Ter. 2020 May 1; 171 (3): e189-e191.

    AbstractLittle is known about the Covid-19 transmission through ocular tissue, and more research needs to be carried out in order to confirm its ability to infect ocular tissue and its pathogenic mechanisms. Covid-19 may be detected in the tears and conjunctival secretions in novel coronavirus pneumonia patients with conjunctivitis. This case report shows a severe viral conjunctivitis in a patient diagnosed with Covid-19 on the Diamond Princess ship, characterized by both red, irritated and swollen eyes, with transparent serous secretions, conjunctival chemosis, pseudomembranes of fibrin and inflammatory cells on the tarsal conjunctiva accompanied by preauricular lymph nodes and enlarged submaxillaries.

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