Range of Varicella Zoster Co-Infections with COVID-19, Singapore

There have been recent descriptions of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presenting as ‘varicella-like exanthem’. We report three cases of patients with Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) and COVID-19 co-infections, presenting in three varied ways. These cases highlight the need for heightened...

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Autores principales: Loh, Jerold, Tham, Sai Meng, Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah, Yan, Gabriel, Lee, Chun Kiat, Chai, Louis Yi Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy; The Korean Society for AIDS 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8258286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34216133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2020.0154
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Sumario:There have been recent descriptions of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presenting as ‘varicella-like exanthem’. We report three cases of patients with Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) and COVID-19 co-infections, presenting in three varied ways. These cases highlight the need for heightened alertness to how such co-infections can present, to pick up overlapping ‘dual pathologies’ during this current pandemic given that infection control measures including airborne precautions are crucial for both COVID-19 and VZV.

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