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

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 1553 - 1556
• Main Authors: Wells, Jill R., Crozier, Ian, Kraft, Colleen S., Sexton, Mary Elizabeth, Hill, Charles E., Ribner, Bruce S., Bavari, Sina, Palacios, Gustavo, Pearce, William A., Van Gelder, Russell, Grossniklaus, Hans, Cazares, Lisa, Zeng, Xiankung, Shantha, Jessica G., Yeh, Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Approach to Cataract Surgery in an Ebola Virus Disease Survivor with Prior Ocular Viral Persistence; Cataract; Cataract extraction; cataract surgery; Cataracts; Difluprednate; Dispatch; Ebola disease survivor; Ebola hemorrhagic fever; Ebola virus; Ebolavirus; Epidemics; Eye; Eye surgery; Genitalia; Health aspects; Health care; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; Humans; Laboratories; Medical research; Mental health; Middle Aged; ocular biopsy; panuveitis; Peptides; Personal protective equipment; Prevention; Survivors; Sierra Leone; Cataracts; Ebola virus; EVD; Ebola disease survivor; viruses; ocular biopsy; sexually transmitted infections; visual impairment; phacoemulsification surgery; panuveitis; cataract surgery; Ebola virus disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.191559

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.