Abstract | INTRODUCTION: As the world fights the pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), several reports of retinal manifestations of the disease are emerging. Post fever retinitis is a well reported ocular inflammatory reaction to multiple invasive agents, be it virus, bacteria or other microbial agent. PURPOSE: We report an interesting case of bilateral multifocal retinitis with multiple vascular occlusions in a patient, three weeks after a febrile illness. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: High and persistent seropositive response against (SARS-CoV-2) helped us to narrow it as the causative agent but the cross reactivity of SARS-CoV-2 with other viruses can be misleading and needs careful interpretation.
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Authors | Padmamalini Mahendradas, Prathibha Hande, Aditya Patil, Ankush Kawali, Srinivasan Sanjay, Syed Asrar Ahmed, Sherina Thomas, Rohit Shetty |
Journal | Ocular immunology and inflammation
(Ocul Immunol Inflamm)
2022 Oct-Nov
Vol. 30
Issue 7-8
Pg. 1715-1720
ISSN: 1744-5078 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 34228600
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Humans
- RNA, Viral
- SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19
(complications)
- Retinitis
(diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
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