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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;26(7):1553-1556. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.191559.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Cataracts; EVD; Ebola disease survivor; Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; cataract surgery; ocular biopsy; panuveitis; phacoemulsification surgery; sexually transmitted infections; viruses; visual impairment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cataract*
  • Ebolavirus*
  • Eye
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Survivors