An ophthalmology consultation should be obtained for evaluation and management of keratitis and other eye complications resulting from inadvertent ocular implantation of vaccinia virus.
Slit-lamp examination provides more definitive information of the anterior segments of the eye than does usual
ophthalmoscopic study.
Diagnosis is made on the basis of typical clinical findings. Usually, it is not necessary to undertake viral
studies, unless there is confusion with herpes virus keratitis, or some other eye disease.
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