Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleocapsid Protein in the Ocular Tissues of a Patient Previously Infected With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can also infect tissues besides the respiratory system, such as the ocular tissues, remains unclear.

Objective

To determine whether SARS-CoV-2 exists intracellularly in the ocular tissues of a patient previously infected with COVID-19.

Design, setting, and participants

This case study analyzed a patient previously infected with COVID-19 who had an acute glaucoma attack during her rehabilitation. Plasma samples and tissue specimens, including ones from the conjunctiva, anterior lens capsular, trabecular meshwork, and iris, were collected during phacoemulsification and trabeculectomy surge

SUBMITTER: Yan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature