Herpes zoster in COVID-19-positive patients

Int J Dermatol. 2020 Aug;59(8):1028-1029. doi: 10.1111/ijd.15001. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Authors

Federico Tartari¹, Alberto Spadotto², Corrado Zengarini¹, Rossana Zanoni², Alba Guglielmo¹, Alexander Adorno², Cinzia Valzania², Alessandro Pileri¹

Affiliations

¹ Dermatology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Cardiology Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Aged
Analgesics / therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus / immunology*
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / blood
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / immunology*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Female
Herpes Zoster / diagnosis
Herpes Zoster / drug therapy
Herpes Zoster / immunology*
Herpes Zoster / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Lymphocyte Count
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / blood
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / immunology*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Analgesics
Acyclovir