id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-312722-talu4geh Ahmed, Nausheen COVID-19 presenting as a viral exanthem and detected during admission prescreening in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient 2020-06-13 .txt text/plain 1179 83 51 title: COVID-19 presenting as a viral exanthem and detected during admission prescreening in a hematopoietic cell transplant recipient 3, 4 As a result of the high mortality in this population, the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) recently published guidelines on March 18, 2020, suggesting universal testing of patients before admission for cellular therapy or stem cell transplant to mitigate the risk of transmission and outbreaks in transplant wards. 5 Accordingly, at our institution a policy to screen all patients planned for HCT or cellular therapy the day prior to admission with a nasopharyngeal swab real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 infection was implemented. 8 The skin rash, such as livedo reticularis and petechial rash have been reported, but our patient's positive SARS-CoV-2 test and biopsy suggest Covid-19 may also cause a more classic viral exanthem. ./cache/cord-312722-talu4geh.txt ./txt/cord-312722-talu4geh.txt