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ArticleMedical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)2022

Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Keratitis on a Corneal Graft Following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination.

Rami A Al-Dwairi, Abdelwahab Aleshawi, Sharaf Adi, Laith Abu-Zreig

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Article in Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. COVID-19 vaccination and corneal allograft rejection- a review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rami A Al-DwairiDepartment of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Abdelwahab AleshawiDepartment of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Sharaf AdiDepartment of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Laith Abu-ZreigDepartment of Special Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Jordan University of Science and Technology · JO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Ocular herpes simplex is usually caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and less commonly by the type 2 virus (HSV-2). Ocular manifestations of HSV include blepharitis, conjunctivitis, lacrimal system obstruction, corneal involvement, and uveitis. Corneal involvement is one of the causes of loss of vision and can be epithelial herpetic keratitis or stromal herpetic keratitis. Objective: A significant population has a colonization of herpes viruses. Under certain circumstances, these viruses can reactivate with a significant ocular morbidity. Globally, COVID-19 vaccines are recommended; however, the vaccine safety data are limited. Case report: Herein, we reported a case of herpetic keratitis reactivation that occurred 2 days after receiving SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. The patient is a 50-year-old man who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) in 2020 for corneal opacity caused by a previous herpes simplex keratitis in 2013. Herpetic keratitis was treated successfully with topical antiviral acyclovir along with topical moxifloxacin and artificial tears. After treatment, prophylactic oral acyclovir was started. Conclusion: Both ophthalmologist and patients should be aware of this phenomenon. Long-term prophylactic antiviral treatment may be recommended for those patients.

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COVID-19Keratitis, HerpeticAcyclovirAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansMaleMiddle AgedmRNA VaccinesRecurrenceRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2VaccinationVaccines, SyntheticAcyclovirAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerVaccines, SyntheticcorneaCOVID-19herpes simplex keratitisPenetrating keratoplastyvaccination

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PMID35774041
PMCPMC9233471
OpenAlexW4283767454

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