COOCCURRING ADENOVIRAL KERATITIS AND HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS - A CASE-REPORT

Adenoviruses are ubiquitous viruses, commonly causing ocular infection s. They are also known to cause multisystem infections. External ocula r infections caused by adenovirus are most often due to contaminated s ecretions. We report a patient in whom genitourinary symptoms develope d and subsided along with ocular symptoms. Adenovirus was isolated on ocular culture. This is the first reported case of concurrent adenovir al keratitis and hemorrhagic cystitis. Eliciting a history of genitour inary and respiratory symptoms is important in patients with ocular ad enoviral infections.