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Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox()
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In the current health emergency declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) for monkeypox, few data on the otorhinolaryngological (ENT) manifestations of the disease have been detailed. The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical features of the ENT manifestat...
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Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otoeng.2023.05.005 |
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author | Alegre, Berta Jubés, Sara Arango, Natalia Pastene, Daniela Lehrer, Eduardo Vilaseca, Isabel |
author_facet | Alegre, Berta Jubés, Sara Arango, Natalia Pastene, Daniela Lehrer, Eduardo Vilaseca, Isabel |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In the current health emergency declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) for monkeypox, few data on the otorhinolaryngological (ENT) manifestations of the disease have been detailed. The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical features of the ENT manifestations in monkeypox. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive analysis of 11 consecutive patients with odynodysphagia or oral cavity lesions referred to the ENT emergency department of a tertiary hospital with epidemiological risk factors suggestive of monkeypox infection. Clinical, diagnostic and treatment findings are described. RESULTS: 90.9% of the patients had previous unsafe sexual contact. The predominant presenting features included fever over 38 °C with severe odynodysphagia. Physical examination showed ulcers and exudative lesions of variable presentation in the upper respiratory tract. Smear of the lesions confirmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity for monkeypox in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: Monkeypox virus infection can occur in the ENT area with multiple manifestations that require a high degree of epidemiological suspicion and confirmation with PCR to reach a diagnosis of certainty. |
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spelling | pubmed-101582162023-05-04 Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() Alegre, Berta Jubés, Sara Arango, Natalia Pastene, Daniela Lehrer, Eduardo Vilaseca, Isabel Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed) Brief Communication BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: In the current health emergency declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) for monkeypox, few data on the otorhinolaryngological (ENT) manifestations of the disease have been detailed. The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical features of the ENT manifestations in monkeypox. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive analysis of 11 consecutive patients with odynodysphagia or oral cavity lesions referred to the ENT emergency department of a tertiary hospital with epidemiological risk factors suggestive of monkeypox infection. Clinical, diagnostic and treatment findings are described. RESULTS: 90.9% of the patients had previous unsafe sexual contact. The predominant presenting features included fever over 38 °C with severe odynodysphagia. Physical examination showed ulcers and exudative lesions of variable presentation in the upper respiratory tract. Smear of the lesions confirmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity for monkeypox in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: Monkeypox virus infection can occur in the ENT area with multiple manifestations that require a high degree of epidemiological suspicion and confirmation with PCR to reach a diagnosis of certainty. Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2023-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10158216/ /pubmed/37149137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otoeng.2023.05.005 Text en © 2023 Sociedad Española de Otorrinolaringología y Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved. Elsevier has created a Monkeypox Information Center (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/monkeypox-information-center) in response to the declared public health emergency of international concern, with free information in English on the monkeypox virus. The Monkeypox Information Center is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its monkeypox related research that is available on the Monkeypox Information Center - including this research content - immediately available in publicly funded repositories, with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the Monkeypox Information Center remains active. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Alegre, Berta Jubés, Sara Arango, Natalia Pastene, Daniela Lehrer, Eduardo Vilaseca, Isabel Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title | Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title_full | Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title_fullStr | Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title_full_unstemmed | Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title_short | Otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
title_sort | otorhinolaryngological manifestations in monkeypox() |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10158216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37149137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otoeng.2023.05.005 |
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