Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry: A Registry to Inform Data-Driven Management Practices.

The management of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic inflammatory skin disease, deserves special consideration in the context of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A new Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry has been developed to capture data on risks, clinical course, and outcomes of COVID-19 in HS patients. Caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2), COVID-19 is an easily transmissible disease which, in its most severe form, is characterized by respiratory failure and multiple organ dysfunction triggered by a cytokine storm response that predominates in older adults and those with significant comorbidities.