Varicella Zoster Co-Infection in a Patient with COVID-19
COVID-19 Disease has a wide clinical spectrum from asymptomatic infection to critically ill, a small number of COVID-19 patients experience a severe illness that can result in death. Less information is available in the literature regarding cutaneous lesions in COVID-19 disease. A 42-year-old male p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Ankara Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=amj&un=AMJ-69335 |
| Summary: | COVID-19 Disease has a wide clinical spectrum from asymptomatic infection to critically ill, a small number of COVID-19 patients experience a severe illness that can result in death. Less information is available in the literature regarding cutaneous lesions in COVID-19 disease. A 42-year-old male patient with no known disease came to our emergency department after fever, dry cough, weakness, rashes, and headache complaints that started 3 days ago. In this article, we aimed to report this case to raise awareness that COVID-19 infection can be accompanied by other diseases such as zona zoster. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-4570 |