Herpes zoster might be an indicator for latent COVID 19 infection.
Dermatol Ther
; 33(4): e13666, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-343270
ABSTRACT
Various cutaneous manifestations have been observed in patients with COVID-19 infection. Herpes zoster is a viral skin disease caused by varicella zoster that remains dormant in the dorsal root ganglia of cutaneous nerves following a primary chicken pox infection. In this report, we describe two cases COVID infection who first presented with herpes zoster. We are here by suggesting that the clinical presentation of HZ at the time of the current pandemic even in patients giving mild or no suggestive history of upper respiratory symptoms should be considered as an alarming sign for a recent subclinical SARS CoV2 infection.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Herpes Zoster
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Dermatol Ther
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Dth.13666
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