| Yazarlar |
Doç. Dr. Özkan KOCAMIŞ
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK
Türkiye |
Nazife Aşıkgarip
Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Lokman HİZMALİ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Fikriye Milletli Sezgin
Amasya Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yahya ŞAHİN
Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Purpose To evaluate the results of conjunctival and nasopharyngeal swab tests in patients with confirmed COVID-19. Methods This 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). Results Twenty 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. Conclusions The RT-PCR was not high positive in the conjunctiva as in nasopharyngeal swabs. Ocular changes were not common in COVID-19 patients. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| COVID-19 | nasopharyngeal | conjunctival | swab | slit lamp |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION |
| Dergi ISSN | 0927-3948 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | Türkçe |
| Basım Tarihi | 05-2021 |
| Cilt No | 29 |
| Sayı | 4 |
| Sayfalar | 634 / 637 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1080/09273948.2020.1838558 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| WoS | 3 |
