Diagnosis and management of the drug hypersensitivity reactions in
Coronavirus disease 19
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory tract infection
caused by a novel human coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2, leads to a wide spectrum of clinical
manifestations ranging from asymptomatic cases to patients with mild and
severe symptoms, with or without pneumonia. Given the huge influence
caused by the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic affecting over three
million people worldwide, a wide spectrum of drugs is considered for the
treatment in the concept of repurposing and off-label use. There is no
knowledge about the diagnosis and clinical management of the drug
hypersensitivity reactions that can potentially occur during the
disease. This review brings together all the published information about
the diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions due to
current and candidate off-label drugs and highlights relevant
recommendations. Furthermore, it gathers all the dermatologic
manifestations reported during the disease for guiding the clinicians to
establish a better differential diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity
reactions in the course of the disease.