Severe Mpox Proctitis Complicated by Bowel Obstruction

Mpox is a rare infection caused by the zoonotic orthopoxvirus. We present the case of a 44-year-old man with HIV and a history of kidney transplant who presented with mpox and developed proctitis-associated bowel obstruction, urinary retention, and eosinophilia. Our case highlights potential gastroi...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Hasan, Ho, Bao T., Call, Justin T., Plante, Marie M., Zaver, Himesh B., Powers, Harry R., Metcalfe, Allie M., Graham, Charles G., Lewis, Michele D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168504
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001048
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author Saleh, Hasan
Ho, Bao T.
Call, Justin T.
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description Mpox is a rare infection caused by the zoonotic orthopoxvirus. We present the case of a 44-year-old man with HIV and a history of kidney transplant who presented with mpox and developed proctitis-associated bowel obstruction, urinary retention, and eosinophilia. Our case highlights potential gastrointestinal manifestations of severe mpox infection.
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spelling pubmed-101663312023-05-09 Severe Mpox Proctitis Complicated by Bowel Obstruction Saleh, Hasan Ho, Bao T. Call, Justin T. Plante, Marie M. Zaver, Himesh B. Powers, Harry R. Metcalfe, Allie M. Graham, Charles G. Lewis, Michele D. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Mpox is a rare infection caused by the zoonotic orthopoxvirus. We present the case of a 44-year-old man with HIV and a history of kidney transplant who presented with mpox and developed proctitis-associated bowel obstruction, urinary retention, and eosinophilia. Our case highlights potential gastrointestinal manifestations of severe mpox infection. Wolters Kluwer 2023-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10166331/ /pubmed/37168504 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001048 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Graham, Charles G.
Lewis, Michele D.
Severe Mpox Proctitis Complicated by Bowel Obstruction
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