Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology (Feb 2021)
Inflammation and Vascular Injury as the Basis of COVID-19 Skin Changes: Preliminary Analysis of 23 Patients from the Literature [Letter]
Abstract
Alin Laurentiu Tatu,1,2 Thomas Nadasdy,1 Florin Ciprian Bujoreanu1,3 1“St. Parascheva” Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Department, Galati, Romania; 2Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy/Clinical Department, Dermatology, Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Unit/Competitive, Interdisciplinary Research Integrated Platform, ReForm-UDJG, “Dunărea de Jos” University, Galati, Romania; 3Dermatology Department, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati, Doctoral School - Medicine, Galați, RomaniaCorrespondence: Thomas NadasdySpitalul Clinic de Boli Infecțioase Galați, Departamentul de Dermatologie, Strada Traian 393, Galați, 800179, RomaniaTel +40 236 334 022Email thomas.nadasdy@gmail.com We read with great interest and excitement the findings published in your journal by Yue Zheng and colleagues attempting to elucidate the pathological nature of SARS-CoV-2-related dermatologic manifestations. The authors speculate on interesting and relevant information related to the pathogenesis of skin manifestations and hypothesize that direct virally mediated destruction does not play a factor in the clinical manifestations seen in this emerging pathology.1 We believe that it is still too soon to rule out a direct viral pathogenesis for a portion of these skin lesions. View the original paper by Zheng and colleagues
