Ocular surface manifestations and SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in conjunctival swabs of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia

Affiliations

• ¹ CHU St Pierre, Department of Ophthalmology, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: zsuzsanna.valyi@stpierre-bru.be.
• ² CHU St Pierre, Department of Ophthalmology, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: maria.khalil@stpierre-bru.be.
• ³ Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Department of Microbiology, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Sigi.VANDENWIJNGAERT@lhub-ulb.be.
• ⁴ CHU St Pierre, Department of Ophthalmology, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: francois.willermain@stpierre-bru.be.
• ⁵ CHU St Pierre, Department of Pneumology, Brussels, Belgium and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: marie.bruyneel@stpierre-bru.be.