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Cutaneous manifestations of COVID ‐19: A review of the published literature
Author(s) -
Elmas Ömer Faruk,
Demirbaş Abdullah,
Özyurt Kemal,
Atasoy Mustafa,
Türsen Ümit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.13696
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , outbreak , pandemic , dermatology , coronavirus , intensive care medicine , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Abstract COVID‐19 is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. COVID‐19 outbreak, which caused thousands of deaths, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The infection has been reported to demonstrate different types of cutaneous manifestations including urticarial, maculopapular, papulovesicular, purpuric, livedoid, and thrombotic‐ischemic lesions. Given the high mortality rate of the infection, timely and accurate identification of relevant cutaneous manifestations may play a key role in the early diagnosis and management. In this study, we provide a review with a focus on the reported cutaneous manifestations of COVID‐19.