Open AccessSkin manifestations in patients with a new coronavirus infection: clinical cases
Author(s) -
Olga Yu. Olisova,
Олисова Ольга Юрьевна,
Elena S. Snarskaya,
Е С Снарская,
Nataliа P. Teplyuk,
Н П Теплюк,
A. A. Prokofiev,
Александр Александрович Прокофьев
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal kožnyh i veneričeskih boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-9097
pISSN - 1560-9588
DOI - 10.17816/dv41932
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , covid-19 , coronavirus , disease , severity of illness , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Clinical cases of cutaneous eruptions in patients with new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) are described. The authors conclude that predominant morphological eruptions in the form of macules, papules and weals are associated with COVID-19. As a rule, eruptions occur simultaneously with the onset of the first signs of the disease or several days later both in adult and children. The severity of COVID-19 does not generally correlate with the severity of skin clinical manifestations. The skin eruptions are most frequently difficult to attribute to a particular diagnosis, and they are often diagnosed as some kind of dermatosis. Skin eruptions regress quite shortly due to COVID-19 treatment and improvements in the patients general condition as well as the use of topical steroids, or even without treatment.