Disseminated Herpes Zoster in a COVID-19 Patient

Covid-19 has several different presentations including cutaneous manifestations. in this report, we introduce a case of generalized herpes zoster in a covid-19 patient. no sign of upper or lower respiratory tract involvement was detected, but due to unexpected dissemination of the lesions, covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (pcr) was tested and revealed positive. although the incidence of herpes zoster during covid-19 infection has been reported previously, none of them was disseminated. therefore, we recommend that during the pandemic of covid-19, any unexpected disseminated herpes zoster be considered as a possible case of this disease and be quarantined until the pcr is negative.