Recommendations for treatment of nail psoriasis during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a paradigm shift in disease management. Since immunosuppression may cause increased susceptibility to COVID-19, there is uncertainty as to whether systemically treated nail psoriasis patients are at increased infection risk. While specific data on nail psoriasis treatments and COVID-19 is lacking, we present clinical trial data on rates of upper respiratory infections, nasopharyngitis, viral infection, pneumonia and overall infections. Some systemic medications and biologics are associated with increased in infections risk compared to placebo in clinical trials. However, this data should be regarded cautiously since clinical trials on nail psoriasis, particularly controlled studies, are lacking. Our recommendations may be helpful in guiding physicians managing nail psoriasis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Dermatologic therapy - 33(2020), 4 vom: 21. Juli, Seite e13757

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ricardo, Jose W [VerfasserIn]
Lipner, Shari R [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Biologics
COVID-19
Immunosuppression
Journal Article
Nail disorders
Nail psoriasis
Psoriasis
Review
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.12.2020

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/dth.13757

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310755867