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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2022; 11(01): 067-069
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1722834
Short Communication

Personal Protective Equipment-Related Nasal Bridge Folliculitis in a Corona Warrior

Autoren

  • Rajeev Sharma

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

  • Ashish Bindra

    2   Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

  • Kapil Dev Soni

    3   Department of Critical and Intensive Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Nasal bridge is a common site suffering personal protective equipment-induced skin damages over face among first-line health care workers in this coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We hereby report folliculitis as a complication following regular use of N95 respirator and goggles, unreported in literature till now.

Keywords

skin lesions - COVID-19 - personal protective equipment


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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
15. Juni 2021

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