Affiliation:
1. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil
2. Wake Forest University, United States of America; Weill Cornell Medical College, United States of America
3. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil; Clínica Cepelle, Brazil
Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cutaneous manifestations described in pediatric patients and discuss their relevance for early diagnosis. Data source: The study consisted of a systematic review of original articles indexed in PubMed and Embase databases, as well as gray literature articles found through Google Scholar. A search strategy, based on PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) Tool, with the terms “child,” “infant,” “childhood,” “adolescents,” “teenagers,” “COVID-19,” “SARS-CoV-2,” and “skin manifestations,” was performed to optimize the findings. The study did not restrict any article regarding language. Data synthesis: Out of the 310 articles that initially met the inclusion criteria, 35 were selected for review, totalizing 369 patients. The most common COVID-19 cutaneous manifestations in children and adolescents were Chilblain-like lesions, presented in 67.5% of the cases, followed by erythema multiforme-like (31.7%) and varicella-like lesions (0.8%). The Chilblain-like lesions appeared 7.6 days (95%CI 7.4–7.8) after the viral infection and lasted for 17.5 days (95%CI 16.5–18.5), erythema multiforme-like lesions appeared in 9.5 days (95%CI 9–10) and lasted for 10.3 days (95%CI 9.1–11.5), and varicella-like lesions appeared in 12.3 days (95%CI 4–20.6) and lasted for 7 days. Conclusions: Knowledge of the different skin manifestations in children and adolescents with COVID-19 is essential for an early diagnosis and, consequently, the possibility of promptly care adoption as well as to interrupt the new coronavirus transmission chains in the current pandemic context.
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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