Department of Dermatology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
J Dermatolog Treat. 2022 Mar;33(2):1123-1125. doi: 10.1080/09546634.2020.1782823. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
Different skin presentations and patterns of cutaneous signs were reported in COVID19 patients. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection is responsible for two very common skin conditions. Varicella (chickenpox) is the initial presentation for infection with VZV and is characterized by a diffuse vesicular rash. It is after this initial attack, that VZV remains latent in the dorsal root ganglia before reactivating to present as herpes zoster (HZ) in middle age groups. Cutaneous skin findings remain to be emerging every day as a marker or a complication of COVID 19. We report a case of HZ complication in a 44 years old COVID 19 positive male.
在 COVID-19 患者中，有不同的皮肤表现和皮肤征象模式。水痘-带状疱疹病毒（VZV）感染可引起两种非常常见的皮肤疾病。水痘（带状疱疹）是 VZV 感染的初始表现，其特征为弥漫性水疱疹。在初次感染后，VZV 潜伏于背根神经节，然后在中老年群体中重新激活，表现为带状疱疹（HZ）。随着 COVID-19 的发展，皮肤表现不断出现，成为 COVID-19 的标志物或并发症。我们报告了一例 COVID-19 阳性 44 岁男性的 HZ 并发症。
