Mucocutaneous manifestations in patients hospitalized with covid-19 in a high complexity hospital

Abstract

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 is a single-stranded RNA virus that affects different organs, including the skin. Patients with this virus can present different mucocutaneous manifestations. Objective: to determine the prevalence of skin lesions in patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 / COVID 19 infection at the Hospital San Vicente Fundación Rionegro between April and June 2021. Materials and methods: descriptive cross-sectional study in hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of infection by COVID-19 confirmed by serological tests and with mucocutaneous lesions. Results: of 600 patients hospitalized for COVID-19, 16 presented mucocutaneous lesions for a prevalence of 2,6 %, and among these, 13 required management in the intensive care unit due to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome or severe illness (81,25%) associated with elevated markers of poor prognosis. The most increased were PCR, LDH and/or lymphopenia. Vascular lesions were the most frequent (42,9%), manifested as purples, vasculitis, livedo racemosa, perniosis and pseudoperniosis. The eruptions or rashes were maculopapular (28.6%), erythematous (19%) and urticarial (9,5%), and ulcers in the oral cavity (8,8%) and vesicles (2,9%). 75% of these patients had skin lesions in the active phase of the disease and 25% in the resolution phase. The most frequent morbidity was arterial hypertension (30%) and diabetes (20%). six patients (37,5%) died. Conclusions: the mucocutaneous manifestations associated with COVID-19, especially those of a vascular type such as purples, vasculitis and livedo racemosa, are associated with severe forms of the disease, especially in patients with assisted mechanical ventilation with a high mortality rate.