Hum Vaccin Immunother . Viral keratitis after the second and third doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccination: A case report

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Hum Vaccin Immunother


. 2022 Jun 22;2090177.
doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2090177. Online ahead of print.
Viral keratitis after the second and third doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccination: A case report


Huimin Shan ¹ , Ruoshuang Jia ¹ , Wenhui Liu ¹ , Xinyi Wu ¹



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• PMID: 35731625
• DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2090177

Abstract

Rare cases of viral keratitis after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination have been reported. Furthermore, to our knowledge, cases of viral keratitis after two rounds of COVID-19 vaccination have not yet been reported. We report the case of a 19-year-old man without a history of keratitis, who developed viral keratitis soon after receiving the second and third doses of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines. Each time after the patient received treatment with topical and systemic drugs, his ocular symptoms were gradually relieved, and corrected visual acuity in both eyes returned to normal. COVID-19 vaccination may be associated with rare cases of the development of keratitis in individuals without a medical history of keratitis. Physicians should be aware of the possible relationship between ocular symptoms and adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination. Despite the potential risks of COVID-19 vaccination, the benefits of immunization against the virus far outweigh these risks.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccination; SARS-CoV-2; adverse reaction; inactivated vaccine; viral keratitis.