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Eur J Ophthalmol
. 2022 Jan 21;11206721221074437.
doi: 10.1177/11206721221074437. Online ahead of print.
Ocular Behçet disease and COVID-19
Massimo Accorinti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Priscilla Manni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorenzo Sampalmieri[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Carmela Saturno[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Purpose: to study in patients with Behçet disease and ocular involvement (OBD) the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its influence on the course of OBD.
Methods: all the patients with OBD living in Lazio, one Italian region, and attending the Uveitis center of the Sapienza University of Rome were included in the study.
Results: SARS-CoV-2 infection was found in 12.3% of 54 patients with OBD and in 3.84% of Lazio inhabitants (p = 0.001, OR 3.51), and it was unrelated to the use of immunosuppressive drugs. COVID-19 symptoms in OBD patients were mild, with one patient only requiring hospitalization for interstitial pneumonia. None of the SARS-CoV-2 infected patients presented any uveitis relapses during the infection and in a subsequent median follow-up of 6 months.
Conclusion: OBD seems to be a risk factor for developing SARS-CoV-2 infection. Usually this infection has a mild course and does not impact negatively on the course of uveitis.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; ocular Behçet disease; uveitis.
. 2022 Jan 21;11206721221074437.
doi: 10.1177/11206721221074437. Online ahead of print.
Ocular Behçet disease and COVID-19
Massimo Accorinti[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Priscilla Manni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorenzo Sampalmieri[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Carmela Saturno[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35061553
- DOI: 10.1177/11206721221074437
Abstract
Purpose: to study in patients with Behçet disease and ocular involvement (OBD) the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its influence on the course of OBD.
Methods: all the patients with OBD living in Lazio, one Italian region, and attending the Uveitis center of the Sapienza University of Rome were included in the study.
Results: SARS-CoV-2 infection was found in 12.3% of 54 patients with OBD and in 3.84% of Lazio inhabitants (p = 0.001, OR 3.51), and it was unrelated to the use of immunosuppressive drugs. COVID-19 symptoms in OBD patients were mild, with one patient only requiring hospitalization for interstitial pneumonia. None of the SARS-CoV-2 infected patients presented any uveitis relapses during the infection and in a subsequent median follow-up of 6 months.
Conclusion: OBD seems to be a risk factor for developing SARS-CoV-2 infection. Usually this infection has a mild course and does not impact negatively on the course of uveitis.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; ocular Behçet disease; uveitis.