COVID-19 and implications for dermatological and allergological diseases

Buhl T, Beissert S, Gaffal E, Goebeler M, Hertl M, Mauch C, Reich K, Schmidt E, Schoen MP, Sticherling M, Sunderkoetter C, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Werfel T, Wilsman-Theis D, Worm M (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Wiley-Blackwell

DOI: 10.1111/ddg.14195

Abstract

COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has become pandemic. A further level of complexity opens up as soon as we look at diseases whose pathogenesis and therapy involve different immunological signaling pathways, which are potentially affected by COVID-19. Medical treatments must often be reassessed and questioned in connection with this infection. This article summarizes the current knowledge of COVID-19 in the light of major dermatological and allergological diseases. It identifies medical areas lacking sufficient data and draws conclusions for the management of our patients during the pandemic. We focus on common chronic inflammatory skin diseases with complex immunological pathogenesis: psoriasis, eczema including atopic dermatitis, type I allergies, autoimmune blistering and inflammatory connective tissue diseases, vasculitis, and skin cancers. Since several other inflammatory skin diseases display related or comparable immunological reactions, clustering of the various inflammatory dermatoses into different disease patterns may help with therapeutic decisions. Thus, following these patterns of skin inflammation, our review may supply treatment recommendations and thoughtful considerations for disease management even beyond the most frequent diseases discussed here.

Authors with CRIS profile

Michael Sticherling Professur für Dermatologie

Involved external institutions

Universitätsklinikum Göttingen DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität Dresden DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A.ö.R. DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Würzburg DE Germany (DE) Philipps-Universität Marburg DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Köln DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale) DE Germany (DE) Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH) / Hannover Medical School DE Germany (DE) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn DE Germany (DE) Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin DE Germany (DE) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) DE Germany (DE) Universität zu Lübeck DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Buhl, T., Beissert, S., Gaffal, E., Goebeler, M., Hertl, M., Mauch, C.,... Worm, M. (2020). COVID-19 and implications for dermatological and allergological diseases. Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.14195

MLA:

Buhl, Timo, et al. "COVID-19 and implications for dermatological and allergological diseases." Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft (2020).

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