SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing of skin for COVID-19 diagnostics: a case report

Lancet. 2020 Aug 29;396(10251):598-599. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31754-2. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Authors

Dagmar Jamiolkowski¹, Beda Mühleisen¹, Simon Müller¹, Alexander A Navarini¹, Alexandar Tzankov², Elisabeth Roider³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Chilblains*
Child
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2