A Case of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Young Male with Full Body Rash as a Presenting Symptom

A Case of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Young Male with Full Body Rash as a Presenting Symptom

Christian Koziatek, Madison Hunt

Background: In December 2019 the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, was identified in Wuhan, China. In the ensuing months, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally and case load is exponentially increasing across the United States. Emergency departments have adopted screening and triage procedures to identify potential cases and isolate them during evaluation. Case Presentation: We describe a case of COVID-19 pneumonia requiring hospitalization that presented with fever and extensive rash as the primary presenting symptoms. Rash has only been rarely reported in COVID-19 patients, and has not been previously described.

2020

DOI: 10.5811/cpcem.2020.3.47349

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

eScholarship Publishing, University of California

Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid