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Conjunctivitis in COVID-19 patients: frequency and clinical presentation Güemes Villahoz, Noemi Burgos Blasco, Bárbara García Feijoo, Julián Sáenz Francés, Federico Arriola Villalobos, Pedro Martínez De La Casa Fernández-Borrella, José María Benítez Del Castillo Sánchez, José Manuel Herrera de la Muela, María Purpose: 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. 2023-06-16T15:21:57Z 2023-06-16T15:21:57Z 2020-08-29 journal article Güemes-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. 0721-832X 10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6493 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-020-04916-0 eng restricted access Springer