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Case Report: A Re-Positive Case of SARS-CoV-2 Associated With Glaucoma.
- Source :
- Frontiers in Immunology; 7/28/2021, Vol. 12, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has already become a global threat to the human population. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 leads to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Ocular abnormalities have been reported in association with COVID-19, but the nature of the impairments was not specified. Here, we report a case of a female patient diagnosed with glaucoma on re-hospitalization for ocular complications two months after being discharged from the hospital upon recovery from COVID-19. Meanwhile, the patient was found re-positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract. The infection was also diagnosed in the aqueous humor through immunostaining with antibodies against the N protein and S protein of SARS-CoV-2. Considering the eye is an immune-privileged site, we speculate that SARS-CoV-2 survived in the eye and resulted in the patient testing re-positive for SARS-CoV-2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19
AQUEOUS humor
HOSPITAL admission & discharge
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16643224
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151631912
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.701295