Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Department of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13666. doi: 10.1111/dth.13666. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
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.
在 COVID-19 感染患者中观察到各种皮肤表现。带状疱疹是一种由水痘带状疱疹病毒引起的病毒性皮肤病，在原发水痘感染后潜伏在皮肤神经的背根神经节中。在本报告中，我们描述了两例 COVID 感染患者，他们最初表现为带状疱疹。我们建议，即使在轻症或无明显上呼吸道症状史的患者中，当前大流行期间带状疱疹的临床表现也应被视为近期亚临床 SARS CoV2 感染的警报信号。
