COVİD-19’ UN NADİR PREZENTASYONU: KONJONKTİVİT VE OKÜLER TUTULUM İLE GİDEN VAKA SERİSİ
2019 yılında Çin’in Wuhan bölgesinde ortaya çıkan ve yeni tip koronavirus olarak tanımlanan Covid-19 enfeksiyonu, hızla farklı ülkelere yayılmış ve Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından pandemi ilan edilmiştir. Ateş, öksürük, nefes darlığı gibi solunumsal semptomlar gösteren viral Covid-19 enfeksiyonunun oküler prezentasyonu olabileceği akla gelmektedir. Pandemi boyunca acil servisimize konjonktivit semptomları ile başvuran hastalarda Covid-19 hikayesi veya semptomlarının olması dikkatimizi çekmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Covid-19, konjonktivit, viral konjonktivit
A Rare Presentation of Covid-19: Case Series with Conjunctivitis and Ocular Involvement
Covid-19 infection, which appeared first in the Wuhan region of China in 2019 and identified as the new type of coronavirus, has spread rapidly to different countries and was declared as a pandemia by the World Health Organization. It is thought that viral Covid-19 infection, which has respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath, may also have an ocular presentation.
Keywords:
Covid-19, conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis,
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- ISSN: 2148-9645
- Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
- Başlangıç: 1999
- Yayıncı: KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ KÜTÜPHANE VE DOKÜMANTASYON BAŞKANLIĞI