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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1561-31942022000500014</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Urticaria en la COVID-19 en una serie de casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Urticaria in COVID-19. Case series presentation]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alemán-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tania]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Alemán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniela María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila Policlínico Docente "Julio Castillo". Chambas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciego de Ávila. ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Arley Moreira. Morón ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciego de Ávila ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000500014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000500014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942022000500014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la COVID-19 es considerada una patología florida y de obligatorio manejo multidisciplinario por las especialidades médicas. Para el dermatólogo representa un reto diagnóstico por la heterogeneidad de descripciones clínicas encontradas a nivel cutáneo en los pacientes, si bien el virus no es dermatotrópico, cada día hay mayor evidencia de lesiones cutáneas producidas por el nuevo coronavirus, por lo que es importante estar atento a esta emergencia sanitaria.  Objetivo:  presentar serie de casos de pacientes con urticaria asociada a COVID-19.  Presentación de casos:  en los tres casos fueron pacientes femeninas, jóvenes entre 19 y 27 años de edad, con antecedentes de alergias en dos de ellas, que desarrollaron habones urticarianos casi simultáneos al resto de los síntomas con PCR del exudado nasofaríngeo para SARS-CoV-2 positivo, con evolución clínica satisfactoria y remisión del cuadro al séptimo día.  Conclusiones:  el conocimiento de las manifestaciones cutáneas permite profundizar en los aspectos todavía poco conocidos de la COVID-19, realizar un diagnóstico más rápido o incluso servir como marcador pronóstico. En la era de la pandemia, habría que considerar el diagnóstico de la infección en pacientes que consultan por presentar lesiones cutáneas, urticaria o angioedema con o sin otros síntomas y especialmente en aquellos con enfermedad atípica o con exposición reciente a individuos infectados por el virus.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  COVID-19 is currently considered a florid pathology of mandatory multidisciplinary management by medical specialties. For the dermatologist it represents a diagnostic challenge, due to the heterogeneity of clinical descriptions found at cutaneous level in these patients, so it is important to be attentive to this health emergency, given that although the virus is not dermatotropic, every day there is more evidence of cutaneous lesions produced by the new coronavirus.  Objective:  to present a series of cases of patients with urticaria associated with COVID-19.  Case presentation:  the 3 cases were female patients, young women between 19 and 27 years of age, with a history of allergies in 2 of them, who developed urticarial wheals almost simultaneously with the rest of the symptoms with positive PCR of nasopharyngeal exudate for SARS-CoV-2, with satisfactory clinical evolution and remission of the symptoms on the seventh day.  Conclusions:  knowledge of the cutaneous manifestations allows to deepen in the still little-known aspects of COVID-19, to make a quicker diagnosis or even to serve as a prognostic marker. In the pandemic era, the diagnosis of infection should be considered in patients presenting with skin lesions, urticaria or angioedema with or without other symptoms and especially in those with atypical disease or with recent exposure to individuals infected by the virus.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19/urticaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19/lesiones cutáneas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19/urticaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19/skin lesions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
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