A generalized pustular psoriasis flare after CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccination: Case report

Nahide Onsun; Gökhan Kaya; Bengisu Güçkan Işık; Begüm Güneş

doi:10.34172/hpp.2021.32

Health Promotion Perspectives (May 2021)

A generalized pustular psoriasis flare after CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccination: Case report

Nahide Onsun,
Gökhan Kaya,
Bengisu Güçkan Işık,
Begüm Güneş

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Nahide Onsun: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Gökhan Kaya: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Bengisu Güçkan Işık: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey
Begüm Güneş: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2021.32
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 261 – 262

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CoronoVac is a non-viable vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). Nowadays, there has been vaccination program for at-risk groups and older adults in Turkey. We here present 72-year-old male psoriasis patient who developed generalized pustular psoriasis flare after administration of CoronoVac. The COVID-PCR test was negative and investigations for flare etiology were all normal. He was first (to the best of our knowledge) psoriasis patient who developed an erythrodermic flare after the first dose of CoronaVac vaccine.

Published in Health Promotion Perspectives

ISSN: 2228-6497 (Online)
Publisher: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir/

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