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. 2020 Sep;83(3):e253-e254.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.180. Epub 2020 May 20.

Reply to "Varicella-like exanthem as a specific COVID-19-associated skin manifestation: Multicenter case series of 22 patients": To consider varicella-like exanthem associated with COVID-19, virus varicella zoster and virus herpes simplex must be ruled out

Mar Llamas-Velasco  1 , Pedro Rodríguez-Jiménez  2 , Pablo Chicharro  2 , Diego De Argila  2 , Patricia Muñoz-Hernández  3 , Esteban Daudén  2
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Reply to "Varicella-like exanthem as a specific COVID-19-associated skin manifestation: Multicenter case series of 22 patients": To consider varicella-like exanthem associated with COVID-19, virus varicella zoster and virus herpes simplex must be ruled out

Mar Llamas-Velasco et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Sep.
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Patient 1: Vesicles and punched out perioral erosions.
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Patient 3: Hemorrhagic blisters on the (A) anterior trunk and (B) posterior trunk.
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