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. 2023 Jan:27:13-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Nov 6.

Monkeypox and ocular implications in humans

Faye Yu Ci Ng  1 , Steven Yeh  2 , Derrick Smit  3 , Oon Tek Ng  4 , Shawn Vasoo  4 , Andre Luiz Land Curi  5 , Rupesh Agrawal  6
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Monkeypox and ocular implications in humans

Faye Yu Ci Ng et al. Ocul Surf. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Expert review; Eye disease; Eye lesions; Literature review; Monkey pox.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest None of the authors have any financial or commercial conflict of interest.

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Patient # 1 (A) diagnosed with Monkeypox presenting with vesicle on the left upper eyelid (yellow arrow). Patient had positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for Monkeypox from the skin lesions and conjunctiva. HIV positive patient (patient # 2) (B) with the diagnosis of Monkeypox infection presenting with peripheral keratitis (blue arrows). Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was positive for Monkeypox from conjunctival swab. HIV positive patient (patient # 3) (C) with the diagnosis of Monkeypox infection with hyperemic conjunctiva and serous discharge. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was positive for Monkeypox from conjunctival swab.
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