key: cord-0829891-uk0c8v3a
authors: Maria Victoria, Rosso; Thais, Clemant; Quiroga, Fernandez; Andrea, Carolina; Sandra, García; Eric Oscar, Mulinaris
title: SARS-CoV-2 and dengue virus coinfection involving the skin of an Argentinian female
date: 2021-03-11
journal: Int J Womens Dermatol
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2021.03.004
sha: 05b3ca95c338d41c6b0aa2da4dbf3cadeaf489af
doc_id: 829891
cord_uid: uk0c8v3a

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A skin biopsy showed epidermal atrophy and marked superficial angiectasias, 29 dermis with intense oedema and no associated inflammatory changes (Fig. 2) . 

The spectrum of common dengue associated exanthemas includes macular-50 papular rash during the febrile phase, petechial rash during the febrile or critical 51 phase on extremities and erythematous widespread rash with "islands of white" 52 during the recovery phase (Yacoub and Wills, 2015) . Dengue exanthemas and 53 purpura have been reported as a more discriminating criterion for Dengue fever 54 rather than COVID-19 (Nacher et al., 2020) .

Petechial rash, the cutaneous manifestation that our patient presented was 56 described in both diseases. Whether this rash was related to DENV, SARS- 

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Figure 2. H&E, 40x. Superficial angiectasias and dermis with intense oedema