Mary Wilson
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First published: 26 October 2010
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/423672
Maria Jesus Lopez-Prats, Empar Sanz Marco, Juan Jose Hidalgo-Mora, Salvador Garcia-Delpech, Manuel Diaz-Llopis
Abstract
Influenza H1N1 or A virus is a new virus serotype capable of human-to-human transmission. This infection causes a flu syndrome similar to that of seasonal influenza, with only one case of conjunctivitis described and no clinical details or microbiological confirmation. Its diagnosis is performed by PCR of pharyngeal smear of the patients affected. We report the first well-documented case in the medical literature of conjunctivitis by H1N1 virus.
1. Case Report
A 45-year-old woman, five days after diagnosis by pharyngeal smear of influenza H1N1, complained of an acute unilateral conjunctivitis condition of bleeding appearance. Her examination evidenced significant eyelid oedema, severe mixed conjunctival hyperaemia and moderate chemosis, and pseudomembrane formation. A large number of subtarsal follicles and petechiae were seen (Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Figure 1
Lower chemosis and severe conjunctival hyperaemia, associated with significant eyelid oedema in both eyes. ...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2010/423672
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/423672
Maria Jesus Lopez-Prats, Empar Sanz Marco, Juan Jose Hidalgo-Mora, Salvador Garcia-Delpech, Manuel Diaz-Llopis
Abstract
Influenza H1N1 or A virus is a new virus serotype capable of human-to-human transmission. This infection causes a flu syndrome similar to that of seasonal influenza, with only one case of conjunctivitis described and no clinical details or microbiological confirmation. Its diagnosis is performed by PCR of pharyngeal smear of the patients affected. We report the first well-documented case in the medical literature of conjunctivitis by H1N1 virus.
1. Case Report
A 45-year-old woman, five days after diagnosis by pharyngeal smear of influenza H1N1, complained of an acute unilateral conjunctivitis condition of bleeding appearance. Her examination evidenced significant eyelid oedema, severe mixed conjunctival hyperaemia and moderate chemosis, and pseudomembrane formation. A large number of subtarsal follicles and petechiae were seen (Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Figure 1Lower chemosis and severe conjunctival hyperaemia, associated with significant eyelid oedema in both eyes. ...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2010/423672