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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13636.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13636. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

A case of goggle-mask-related impetigo at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Case Reports

A case of goggle-mask-related impetigo at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

Qian Yu et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; goggle-mask related skin disease; health care work; impetigo; self-protection.

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All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Clinical images. Skin lesions of the patient with goggle‐mask‐related impetigo at the initial visit, A‐D, and subsided skin lesions after 4 weeks of treatment, E‐H

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