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Case Studies | Ophthalmology | India | Volume 9 Issue 9, September 2020 | Rating: 6.1 / 10

One Eye Conjunctivitis Only Sign and Symptom of COVID-19: A Case Report

Dr Angshupriya Bhattacharjee

Abstract: The symptomatic patients infected by SARS-cov2 generally show respiratory distress, pneumonia, sorethriat, fever. Atypical manifestations such as conjunctivitis is also seen. case are reported in which reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing on tears had demonstrated the presence of the virus. however, the transmission of the virus through ocular fluids is not known. Here we report a case of 45yr male with covid disease and only sign is conjunctivitis in one eye.

Keywords: SARS-cov2, conjunctivitis

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 9, September 2020,

Pages: 798 - 799