Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2020)

Approach to Cataract Surgery in an Ebola Virus Disease Survivor with Prior Ocular Viral Persistence

  • Jill R. Wells,
  • Ian Crozier,
  • Colleen S. Kraft,
  • Mary Elizabeth Sexton,
  • Charles E. Hill,
  • Bruce S. Ribner,
  • Sina Bavari,
  • Gustavo Palacios,
  • William A. Pearce,
  • Russell Van Gelder,
  • Hans Grossniklaus,
  • Lisa Cazares,
  • Xiankung Zeng,
  • Jessica G. Shantha,
  • Steven Yeh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.191559
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 7
pp. 1553 – 1556

Abstract

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A 46-year-old patient with previously documented Ebola virus persistence in his ocular fluid, associated with severe panuveitis, developed a visually significant cataract. A multidisciplinary approach was taken to prevent and control infection. Ebola virus persistence was assessed before and during the operation to provide safe, vision-restorative phacoemulsification surgery.

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