A case of herpes zoster developing after COVID-19 vaccine and recurring after COVID-19 infection in the same dermatome
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing infectious respiratory disease recognized worldwide as a pandemic, and it can affect many organs and systems, including the skin. Various cutaneous manifestations, including reactivation of varicella-zoster virus related to COVID-19 and COVID-19 vacc...
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Galenos Publishing House,
2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an ongoing infectious respiratory disease recognized worldwide as a pandemic, and it can affect many organs and systems, including the skin. Various cutaneous manifestations, including reactivation of varicella-zoster virus related to COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination have been reported. We would like to present a 46-year-old female, who developed herpes zoster (HZ) in the right C3 dermatome after m-RNA COVID-19 vaccine and was admitted to our clinic with recurrent HZ in the same dermatome following COVID-19 infection, two months after the vaccination. |
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| Item Description: | 2651-5164 10.4274/turkderm.galenos.2023.91298 |