bleeding follicular conjunctivitis due to influenza h1n1 virus由于流感h1n1病毒血滤泡性结膜炎.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 2010, Article ID 423672, 2 pages doi:10.1155/2010/423672 Case Report Bleeding Follicular Conjunctivitis due to Influenza H1N1 Virus Maria Jesus Lopez-Prats,1 Empar Sanz Marco,1 Juan Jose Hidalgo-Mora,2 Salvador Garcia-Delpech,1 and Manuel Diaz-Llopis1, 3, 4, 5 1 Ophthalmology Department, La Fe University Hospital, Avenda Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain 2 Gynaecology Department, La Fe University Hospital, Avenda Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain 3 Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia, 46003 Valencia, Spain 4 Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain 5 CIBER of Rare Diseases, Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), 46010 Valencia, Spain Correspondence should be addressed to Maria Jesus Lopez-Prats, susa lpl@ Received 17 August 2010; Accepted 1 October 2010 Academic Editor: Andrew G. Lee Copyright © 2010 Maria Jesus Lopez-Prats et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Influenza H1N1 or A virus is a new virus serotype capable of human-to-human transmission. This infection causes a flu syndrome similar to that of seasonal influenza, with only one case of conjunctivitis described and no clinical details or microbiological confirmation. Its diagnosis is performed by PCR of pharyngeal smear of the patients affected. We report the first well-documented case in the medical literature of conjunctivitis by H1N1 virus. 1. Case Report The clinical symptoms caused by this new