COVID-19 presenting as an exanthematic disease: a case report

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Matheus Todt Aragão, Eusébio Lino dos Santos Júnior, Tainah Dantas Ataide, José Seabra Alves Neto, Nathalia Vasconcelos Barroso Todt Aragão
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
• Subjects: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Skin rash; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0533-2020; https://doaj.org/article/05760c0d9dbb41c7a554f2669f27cbec

Abstract Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and has spread rapidly and caused a global pandemic. Knowledge about clinical and laboratory manifestations in the pediatric population is necessary to guide and monitor such patients. A 3-year-old female patient diagnosed with COVID-19 presented with high fever. After defervescence, she experienced a maculopapular rash that worsened by the sixth day of the disease with self-limited evolution without relevant laboratory changes. The identification of rashes in children with COVID-19 is an unusual and important condition that must be recognized in view of the high transmissibility shown.