Conjunctivitis in COVID-19 patients: frequency and clinical presentation

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dc.contributor.authorGüemes Villahoz, Noemi
dc.contributor.authorBurgos Blasco, Bárbara
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Feijoo, Julián
dc.contributor.authorSáenz Francés, Federico
dc.contributor.authorArriola Villalobos, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMartínez De La Casa Fernández-Borrella, José María
dc.contributor.authorBenítez del Castillo, José Manuel
dc.contributor.authorHerrera de la Muela, María
dc.dateReceived: 1 June 2020 / Revised: 20 July 2020 /Accepted: 25 August 2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T15:21:57Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T15:21:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-29
dc.description.abstractPurpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency and clinical presentation of conjunctivitis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Hospital Clinico San Carlos of Madrid, Spain. A total of 301 subjects from the COVID admission unit with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were included. The presence and clinical characteristics of conjunctivitis were evaluated. Laboratory, radiological, and clinical results in patients with and without conjunctivitis stratified by sex were analyzed. Results: Of the 301 subjects included, 180 patients (59.8%) were male and the median age was 72 years (IQ 59–82). Overall, 35 patients (11.6%) were diagnosed with acute conjunctivitis. We found no relationship between the COVID-19 severity score and the presence of conjunctivitis (P = 0.17). However, conjunctivitis was more frequent in males with moderate clinical severity and in women classified as clinically mild. The natural history of the disease seems to be a rapid self-limited conjunctivitis that improves without treatment and does not affect visual acuity nor associate short-term complications. Conclusions: Approximately, 1 out of 10 hospitalized non-critical COVID-19 patients presents conjunctivitis during the disease. Compared with other viral conjunctivitis, we found distinctive clinical findings that could guide defining and differentiating conjunctivitis in COVID-19 patients.en
dc.description.departmentUnidad Docente de Inmunología, Oftalmología y ORL
dc.description.facultyFac. de Óptica y Optometría
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/62028
dc.identifier.citationGüemes-Villahoz, N., Burgos Blasco, B., García Feijoo, J. et al. «Conjunctivitis in COVID-19 Patients: Frequency and Clinical Presentation». Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, vol. 258, n.o 11, noviembre de 2020, pp. 2501-07. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0
dc.identifier.issn0721-832X
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6493
dc.journal.titleGraefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.total7
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.subject.cdu617.711-002.1
dc.subject.cdu616.98:578.834
dc.subject.keywordConjunctivitis
dc.subject.keywordCOVID-19
dc.subject.keywordSARAS.CoV-2
dc.subject.keywordOcular
dc.subject.keywordCoronavirus
dc.subject.ucmEnfermedades infecciosas
dc.subject.ucmOftalmología
dc.subject.unesco3205.05 Enfermedades Infecciosas
dc.subject.unesco3201.09 Oftalmología
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