Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania

We report the case of a young female adult in her early 20s, who had COVID-19 infection for 8 weeks and COVID-19 vaccination 4 weeks prior to presentation with an extensive rash associated with erythema multiforme, resembling varicella zoster on initial presentation. After initial acyclovir therapy...

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Autores principales: Manji, Karim Premji, Mwaniki, George, Simba, Alma Abu, Makani, Julie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Case Reports: Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35606031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247168
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author Manji, Karim Premji
Mwaniki, George
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description We report the case of a young female adult in her early 20s, who had COVID-19 infection for 8 weeks and COVID-19 vaccination 4 weeks prior to presentation with an extensive rash associated with erythema multiforme, resembling varicella zoster on initial presentation. After initial acyclovir therapy with no improvement, systemic corticosteroid treatment dramatically resolved the patient’s skin rash.
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spelling pubmed-91747602022-06-16 Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania Manji, Karim Premji Mwaniki, George Simba, Alma Abu Makani, Julie BMJ Case Rep Case Reports: Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury We report the case of a young female adult in her early 20s, who had COVID-19 infection for 8 weeks and COVID-19 vaccination 4 weeks prior to presentation with an extensive rash associated with erythema multiforme, resembling varicella zoster on initial presentation. After initial acyclovir therapy with no improvement, systemic corticosteroid treatment dramatically resolved the patient’s skin rash. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9174760/ /pubmed/35606031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247168 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
spellingShingle Case Reports: Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
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Mwaniki, George
Simba, Alma Abu
Makani, Julie
Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title_full Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title_fullStr Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title_short Erythema multiforme in a young adult following COVID-19 infection and vaccination in Tanzania
title_sort erythema multiforme in a young adult following covid-19 infection and vaccination in tanzania
topic Case Reports: Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35606031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247168
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