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authors: Avancini, Joao; Miyamoto, Denise; Arnone, Marcelo; Villas-Boas Gabbi, Tatiana; Ferreira, Paula Silva; Neta, Cyro Festa; Sanches, Jose Antonio
title: Absence of specific cutaneous manifestations of SARS-Cov-2 in a reference center in Brazil
date: 2020-09-15
journal: J Am Acad Dermatol
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.09.030
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doc_id: 276147
cord_uid: 30buoweg

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To the editor: We read with interest the letters from the New York City report regarding the absence of COVID toes lesions on their patients and the recommendation of caution when concluding that cutaneous findings are specifically due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). 1, 2 Since the global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, the University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital -a reference center and one of the largest University hospitals in Latin America -re-organized its structure, offering about 300 intensive care units and 500 nursery beds fully dedicated to SARS-CoV-2. Five staff members of the Dermatology Department were exclusively assigned to assist the admitted patients that 

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