Unveiling endophthalmitis post COVID-19 - A case series.

Indian J Ophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Unit, M and J Western Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Published: October 2021

Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has become a global pandemic. There has been a resurgence in complications involving various organs in patients recovered from COVID-19, and endophthalmitis is one of them. Endophthalmitis-an inflammation of intraocular tissues leading to loss of vision or even loss of eye-has been a rare occurrence in the past, but has been on the rise in the post-COVID-19 times. Here we report seven such cases.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8597453PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1616_21DOI Listing

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