Oct 15th, 2020 - "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2" (SARS-CoV-2) infection has variable described dermatologic manifestations. "COVID (coronavirus disease) toes" became a hallmark of the disease in young and largely asymptomatic patients, who may have negative test results for SARS-CoV-2. Pernio (chilblains)-like lesions are seen mostly in infected pediatric patients and are purple painful, frequ...

Oct 1st, 2020 - BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 and has led to an ongoing pandemic. COVID-19 typically affects the respiratory tract and mucous membranes, leading to pathological involvement of various organ systems. Although patients usually present with fever, cough, and fa...

Sep 13th, 2020 - Timing of PCR and Antibody Testing in Patients with COVID-19 associated dermatologic manifestations.|2020|Freeman EE,McMahon DE,Hruza GJ,Lipoff JB,French LE,|

Sep 8th, 2020 - COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus, was initially identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. By March 2020, it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Although most findings have been reported in the lungs, primarily due to catastrophic respiratory decline, other organs, including the skin, are affected. Recent reports have been published descri...

Jul 30th, 2020 - The novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While much of the focus has been on the cardiac and pulmonary complications, there are several important dermatologic components that clinicians must be aware of. This brief report summarizes the dermatologic manifestations and complications associated with COVID-19 with an emphasis on Emerg...

Jul 5th, 2020 - Clinical characteristics of dermatologic manifestations of COVID-19 infection: case series of 15 patients, review of literature, and proposed etiological classification.|2020|Potekaev NN,Zhukova OV,Protsenko DN,Demina OM,Khlystova EA,|isolation & purification,pathogenicity,complications,diagnosis,epidemiology,virology,epidemiology,complications,diagnosis,epidemiology,virology,virology,diagnosis...

Jul 5th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has associated cutaneous manifestations. To characterize the diversity of cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 and facilitate understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. Case series from an international registry from the American Academy of Dermatology and International League of Dermatological Societies. The registry collected 716 cases of new-onset de...

Jun 8th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory tract infection caused by a novel human coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, leads to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic cases to patients with mild and severe symptoms, with or without pneumonia. Given the huge influence caused by the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic affecting over t...

Jun 1st, 2020 - Increasing evidence suggests pernio-like lesions are cutaneous manifestations of coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19). To describe clinical and pathologic findings of pernio-like lesions in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. An international dermatology registry was circulated to health care providers worldwide through the American Academy of Dermatology, International Lea...

May 9th, 2020 - The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused Coronavirus Disease 2019, widely known as COVID-19, now a pandemic with extraordinary infectivity, mortality, and fomite adhesiveness. We delineate cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19, some of which may represent adverse cutaneous drug reactions, and skin changes associated with COVID-19 lifestyle alterations in patients and health care workers. We r...

Apr 24th, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic condition, yet little is known about its dermatologic manifestations. We report here on peculiar (perniosis-like) skin lesions, unreported in the previous years, observed in young outpatients visited in our Dermatologic Unit in the last 4 weeks of COVID-19 pandemic (March-April 2020). Similar cases were referred to us in the same period ...

Mar 26th, 2020 - On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a public health emergency of international concern. 1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus.

Nov 29th, 2019 - Dermatologic Manifestations of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic.|2019|Wang JV,Parish LC,|

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has become a pandemic condition, yet little is known about its dermatologic manifestations.1, 2 We report here on peculiar (perniosis‐like) skin lesions, unreported in the previous years, observed in young outpatients visited in our dermatologic unit in the last 4 weeks of COVID‐19 pandemic (March–April 2020). Similar cases were referred to us in the same per...

Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The dermatologic manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 are many and varied, with new information virtually daily. Graeme Lipper, MD, a member of the Medscape Dermatology advisory board, discussed what we know and what is still to be learned with Lindy Fox, MD, a professor of dermatology at University of Ca...

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