Herpes-like skin lesion after AstraZeneca vaccination for COVID-19: A case report

Mohammadreza Ardalan; Hamidreza Moslemi; Shervin Shafiei; Reza Tabrizi; Mohammadreza Moselmi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4883

Herpes-like skin lesion after AstraZeneca vaccination for COVID-19: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 4;9(10):e04883. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4883. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Mohammadreza Ardalan¹, Hamidreza Moslemi², Shervin Shafiei², Reza Tabrizi³, Mohammadreza Moselmi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Kidney Research Center Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran.
² Postgraduate Student of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dental School Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dental School Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁴ Postgraduate Student of Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine Tabriz University of medical sciences Tabriz Iran.

Abstract

Recurrent herpes simplex virus or varicella zoster virus infection should be considered as one of the rare complications after AstraZeneca vaccination for COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID‐19; COVID‐19 vaccines; Chadox1 ncov‐19 vaccine; herpes simplex; varicella zoster.

Publication types

Case Reports