Sexually transmitted infections during the COVID‐19 outbreak: comparison of patients referring to the service of sexually transmitted diseases during the sanitary emergency with those referring during the common practice

Abstract

performing serology for the viral infections associated with cutaneous manifestations, for example parvovirus B19 and enterovirus. Most of them reported itching and burning sensation. Only two of them referred pain. They were variably symptomatic for the respiratory tract, but none of them had such a severe lung involvement as to require intubation. One of them was completely asymptomatic, and only the acral vascular manifestation led us the suspicion of coronavirus infection. In six of the patients showing exanthematic rashes, a punch biopsy for histological examination was obtained (Fig. 1F), showing features of perivascular dermatitis and vasculitis, which are compatible with that of a viral exanthem. It is known that exanthematic rashes can occur during viral infection. 4 We can say that erythematous rashes during coronavirus infections may have the same origin as the other viral rashes. 5 Instead, the vasculitic eruptions could be due to the vascular changes observed in these patients. Degeneration of the endothelium and vascular damages, including both formation of thrombus and congestion in small vessels, were observed in organs other than the lung in autopsies from skin. Indeed, while the 2019-nCoV is mainly distributed in the lung, the damage caused by the infection also involves the vessels, with the possibility of ischaemic and embolic damages. 6 The clinical patterns of the rashes described in COVID-19 patients till now include urticaria, acral ischaemia, morbilliform, livedo reticularis, vesicular and petechial. 5,7-9 As regards, the histological patterns, perivascular dermatitis and transient acantholytic dermatosis are those described till now. 10. We are presenting this paper to share our cases of skin involvement during the coronavirus disease. Undoubtedly, no certain association can be established between COVID-19 and skin eruptions, and further studies are needed. Acknowledgement The patients in this manuscript have given written informed consent to the publication of her case details.

COVID-19-related nationwide lockdown did not reduce the reported diagnoses of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Finland

“…Our nationwide results are in line with previous studies from Italy. 7 8 In Spain, lockdown measures appeared to reduce STI incidence; however, restrictions in Finland were not as strict. 9 An increase in CT diagnoses was seen in July (after nightlife reopened), but this could be due to seasonal variation.…”

Analysis of dermatologic conditions in Turkey and Italy by using Google Trends analysis in the era of the COVID ‐19 pandemic

“…The significant decrease of venereal diseases search terms during the COVID-19 pandemic may be related to the fact that decreased extramarital sex activity due to social distancing, gathering, and a campaign that directs everyone to "stay-at-home. 15 Although during 2 months of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a decreasing number of "botox" search terms in both countries, then it increased approximately to the same level of the previous year on June 1, 2020. Despite the stay at home policies, people are still active on social media and continue to share their daily social life during the pandemic.…”

“…After the COVID-19 pandemic, number of patients who request dermatology outpatient clinic visits was decreased in many countries because of stay at home policies in order to deal with the current global pandemic. 2,14,15 Thus, certain diseases that may be increased in number after the COVID-19 pandemic remained concealed. Dermatology outpatient clinics represent only the tip of the iceberg during the COVID-19 pandemic days.…”

Dermato‐venereology in the year of coronavirus – Hot topics in research and patient care

“…In venereology, the pandemic has brought remarkable developments; while many people assumed that STD would go down during the lockdown, this obviously was not the case as a study from Northern Italy showed: only the number of prophylactic visits went down but not the incidence of venereological diseases, in which syphilis even showed an increase 8 …”