healthcare
Article
Cutaneous Manifestations in SARS-CoV-2 Infection—A Series
of Cases from the Largest Infectious Diseases Hospital in
Western Romania
Ruxandra Laza
1,2
, Virgil Filaret Musta
1,2
, Narcisa Daniela Nicolescu
1,2
, Adelina Raluca Marinescu
1,2,3,
*,
Alexandra Mocanu
2,3
, Laura Vilceanu
2
, Roxana Paczeyka
2
, Talida Georgiana Cut
1,2,3
and Voichita Elena Lazureanu
1,2
Citation: Laza, R.; Musta, V.F.;
Nicolescu, N.D.; Marinescu, A.R.;
Mocanu, A.; Vilceanu, L.; Paczeyka,
R.; Cut, T.G.; Lazureanu, V.E.
Cutaneous Manifestations in
SARS-CoV-2 Infection—A Series of
Cases from the Largest Infectious
Diseases Hospital in Western
Romania. Healthcare 2021, 9, 800.
https://doi.org/10.3390/
healthcare9070800
Academic Editors: Pierpaolo
Di Micco and Anna Annunziata
Received: 29 May 2021
Accepted: 23 June 2021
Published: 25 June 2021
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1
Department XIII, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes”
Timisoara, E. Murgu Square, Nr. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania; ruxi_martincu@yahoo.com (R.L.);
musta.virgil@umft.ro (V.F.M.); nicolescu.narcisa@umft.ro (N.D.N.); talida.cut@umft.ro (T.G.C.);
lazureanu.voichita@umft.ro (V.E.L.)
2
Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases and Pneumophtisiology “Doctor Victor Babes” Timisoara,
Gheorghe Adam, Nr. 13, 300310 Timisoara, Romania; alexandramocanu021@yahoo.com (A.M.);
vilceanulaura10@gmail.com (L.V.); roxy_klopo@yahoo.com (R.P.)
3
Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, E. Murgu Square, Nr. 2,
300041 Timisoara, Romania
* Correspondence: marinescu_adelina24@yahoo.com; Tel.: +40-764734396
Abstract: (1) Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection, which appeared as an isolated epidemic outbreak
in December 2019, proved to be so contagious that, within 3 months, the WHO declared COVID-19
a pandemic. For one year (pre-vaccination period), the virus acted unhindered and was highly
contagious, with a predominantly respiratory-oriented aggression. Although this lung damage,
responsible for the more than 3,090,025 deaths, has provided sufficient data to facilitate the under-
standing of pathogenic mechanisms, other observation data, which meet the quality of emerging
clinical aspects, such as rashes, remain without well-defined etiopathogenic support or a well-
contoured clinical framework. (2) Methods and Results: We followed the occurrence of cutaneous
manifestations in patients hospitalized during the second and third outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in the
main clinics of infectious diseases of our county, Timis, and recorded laboratory investigations and
clinical evolution for five suggestive cases. (3) Conclusions: The presented cases, added to many
other present and future clinical observations, will allow for better knowledge and understanding of
SARS-CoV-2 infection, a requirement that has become a global priority for the entire medical and
scientific community.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; cutaneous manifestations; erythematous-macular rash; immune response
1. Introduction
The presence of coronaviruses in human pathology offers us a model of natural
evolution of the relationship between the living world of microorganisms and humanity,
that is, between virus and human [1]. Since they were first isolated (1965), they have
behaved as infectious agents with low pathogenicity, causing seasonal cough or benign
enteritis. Gradually, under the action of mutational factors related to microbial ecology,
the environment, and successive transitions in various populations, they acquired new
qualities and epidemiologic strains developed [2].
Their new qualities of contagiousness, invasiveness, and pathogenicity have ensured
their ability to trigger severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-1), which concluded
in 2002/2003 with 8000 cases and 774 deaths in over 26 countries and 5 continents [3].
Ten years after SARS-CoV-1, another highly pathogenic coronavirus, Middle East respira-
tory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), emerged in the Arabian Peninsula, with a case
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