Evaluation of Nasopharyngeal and Conjunctival Swab Samples of Hospitalized Patients with Confirmed COVID-19
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Doç. Dr. Özkan KOCAMIŞ Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Nazife Aşıkgarip
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Lokman Hızmalı Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Fikriye Milletli Sezgin Amasya Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yahya ŞAHİN Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Ocular Immunology and Inflammation (Q2) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0927-3948 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2021 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 12-04-2026 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | – |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 29 / 4 / 634–637 | DOI | 10.1080/09273948.2020.1838558 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09273948.2020.1838558 | ||
| Özet |
| PurposeTo evaluate the results of conjunctival and nasopharyngeal swab tests in patients with confirmed COVID-19.MethodsThis prospective study included 45 patients who were hospitalized for confirmed COVID-19. Nasopharyngeal swab samples were obtained from the patients before hospitalization. Only one eye of each patient was randomly selected for-conjunctival sampling. All participants underwent a complete slit-lamp examination. Conjunctival and nasopharyngeal swab samples were analyzed by reversetranscriptase-polymerase-chain reaction (RT-PCR).ResultsTwenty seven (60%) of the patients were male and 18 (40%) were female. Conjunctival swab was positive in only one (2.22%) patient. None of the COVID-19 patients showed ocular changes and symptoms. There were no abnormalities of the ocular surface, anterior chamber or posterior segment at slit-lamp examination.ConclusionsThe RT … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| conjunctival | COVID-19 | nasopharyngeal | slit lamp | swab |
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