Vesiculopapular Eruptions Seen In two COVID-19 children: A Case Report

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic which has ravaged the
entire world since December of 2019 is still ongoing
across all the continents. Children and
adolescents have been relatively less affected than
the elderly and young population, though the
paediatric age groups are able to transmit
infections whilst being asymptomatic. Children are therefore
an important demographic to observe for clues to
disease transmission and remission.
Mucocutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 have
been reported across most European and Asian
countries; with the adult population mostly
reviewed. Few findings in children worldwide and
fewer in the African continent have been published.
The chronology of skin rashes and their evolution
provide a non- invasive diagnostic tool to a disease
process as noted in most viral exanthems. We
report cutaneous findings in two siblings in a family
of 4 who developed skin rashes before and after a
positive COVID-19 test result.