A generalized pustular psoriasis flare after CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccination: Case report

Nahide Onsun; Gökhan Kaya; Bengisu Güçkan Işık; Begüm Güneş

doi:10.34172/hpp.2021.32

A generalized pustular psoriasis flare after CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccination: Case report

Health Promot Perspect. 2021 May 19;11(2):261-262. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2021.32. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Nahide Onsun¹, Gökhan Kaya¹, Bengisu Güçkan Işık¹, Begüm Güneş¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

CoronoVac is a non-viable vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). Nowadays, there has been vaccination program for at-risk groups and older adults in Turkey. We here present 72-year-old male psoriasis patient who developed generalized pustular psoriasis flare after administration of CoronoVac. The COVID-PCR test was negative and investigations for flare etiology were all normal. He was first (to the best of our knowledge) psoriasis patient who developed an erythrodermic flare after the first dose of CoronaVac vaccine.

Keywords: COVID; CoronoVac; Psoriasis.

Publication types

Case Reports