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Editor, Senior Moderator
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
. 2022 Mar 8;1-2.
doi: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2039212. Online ahead of print.
"Acute Bilateral Neuroretinitis and Panuveitis in A Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report"- Few Comments
Ankush Kawali[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Srinivasan Sanjay[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Padmamalini Mahendradas[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rohit Shetty[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we have witnessed increase in number of reports of a known uveitic entity being associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Causal relation is yet to be proven for many reports. Perhaps, occurrence of a previously known region-specific endemic disease or closely resembling manifestations of a known disease in a non-endemic region during the COVID-19 pandemic might suggest a causal relationship. Epidemic retinitis (ER) or post fever retinitis is such condition with geographic variation. Occurrence of ER or ER-like manifestations in a non-endemic country during the pandemic should instigate further studies to consider SARS-CoV-2 as a causative organism.
Keywords: COVID; Epidemic retinitis; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease 2019; neuroretinitis; post fever retinitis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.
. 2022 Mar 8;1-2.
doi: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2039212. Online ahead of print.
"Acute Bilateral Neuroretinitis and Panuveitis in A Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report"- Few Comments
Ankush Kawali[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Srinivasan Sanjay[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Padmamalini Mahendradas[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rohit Shetty[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35258394
- DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2039212
Abstract
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we have witnessed increase in number of reports of a known uveitic entity being associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Causal relation is yet to be proven for many reports. Perhaps, occurrence of a previously known region-specific endemic disease or closely resembling manifestations of a known disease in a non-endemic region during the COVID-19 pandemic might suggest a causal relationship. Epidemic retinitis (ER) or post fever retinitis is such condition with geographic variation. Occurrence of ER or ER-like manifestations in a non-endemic country during the pandemic should instigate further studies to consider SARS-CoV-2 as a causative organism.
Keywords: COVID; Epidemic retinitis; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease 2019; neuroretinitis; post fever retinitis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.