Skin Rash May be a Symptom of COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and Further Review of Literature

During the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the sudden appearance of skin rash in a patient with no other underlying cause to explain its clinical manifestation can invite the attention to the physicians to think about a possible coronavirus infection. The possibility of a skin rash being an early sign of an underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection should be considered in the context of the patient’s epidemiological risk profile and the local epidemiological situation. It is relevant to co-relate that skin rashes with itching are now reported as rare signs of the coronavirus disease. Further study is awaited to augment current knowledge about epidemiology, clinical presentation, and pathogenesis of COVID-19 skin manifestations. In this backdrop, it is needed to formulate for the case of sudden appearance of an isolated skin rash can justify the SARS-CoV-2 infection especially in daily clinical practices and can indicate of home isolation and/or further testing to identify the presence or not of SARS-CoV-2infection

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