COVID-19 related exanthema

Publication

COVID-19 related exanthema

Case report of a patient with an apparently drug-related exanthema (SDRIFE) without having taken any drugs

Conference Paper/Poster - May 19, 2021

Wassmer Philipp

Units

Allgemeine Innere Medizin | Hausarztmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Contact

Philipp Wassmer

Citation

Wassmer P (2021). COVID-19 related exanthema - Case report of a patient with an apparently drug-related exanthema (SDRIFE) without having taken any drugs.

Type

Conference Paper/Poster (English)

Conference Name

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Publication Date

May 19, 2021

Pages

139

Publisher

SGAIM

Brief description/objective

There have been cases of COVID-19 related exanthema, with the important differential diagnosis of a virus exanthema other than a drug-related exanthema. This because the COVID-19 related exanthema shows very similar to the symmetric drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema (SDRIFE). In patients with a SDRIFE like rash (but on no reported medication), together with fever and a respiratory limitation, especially nowadays one should think of a COVID-19 related exanthema as a likely differential diagnosis. A skin biopsy cannot differentiate between a virus exanthema, a drug-related reaction, or other exanthema associated with an infection.