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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun;53(2):391-394.
doi: 10.3947/ic.2020.0154.

Range of Varicella Zoster Co-Infections with COVID-19, Singapore

Jerold Loh #  1 , Sai Meng Tham #  2   3 , Paul Anantharajah Tambyah  2   3 , Gabriel Yan  2   3   4 , Chun Kiat Lee  5 , Louis Yi Ann Chai  2   3
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Case Reports

Range of Varicella Zoster Co-Infections with COVID-19, Singapore

Jerold Loh et al. Infect Chemother. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

There have been recent descriptions of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presenting as 'varicella-like exanthem'. We report three cases of patients with Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) and COVID-19 co-infections, presenting in three varied ways. These cases highlight the need for heightened alertness to how such co-infections can present, to pick up overlapping 'dual pathologies' during this current pandemic given that infection control measures including airborne precautions are crucial for both COVID-19 and VZV.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chickenpox; Coinfection; Communicable diseases; Public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

LYAC. is an editorial board member of Infect Chemother, however, he did not involve in the peer reviewer selection, evaluation, and decision process of this article. Otherwise, no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Clinical Features of Patients with Varicella and COVID-19 Co-infections.
(A) Clinical Photograph, Patient 1, Vesicular rash on face. (B) Clinical Photograph, Patient 1, Vesicular rash on trunk. (C) Computed Tomography Thorax, Patient 1. (D) Computed Tomography Thorax, Patient 1. (E) Clinical Photograph, Patient 3, Papulo-vesicular rash on face. (F) Clinical Photograph, Patient 3, Papulo-vesicular rash on trunk.
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