Severe mpox in patients with advanced AIDS: long-term disease and fatal outcome

Herein, we report two cases of severe mpox in patients with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome from Brazil who developed atypical lesions and prolonged illness, one of whom had a fatal outcome. Both patients experienced serious complications involving the perianal and genital regions and pr...

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Autores principales: Farias, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha, de Holanda, Pablo Eliack Linhares, da Silva, Ana Danielle Tavares, Cavalcante, Karene Ferreira, Jucá, Marina Catunda Pinheiro, Perdigão, Lauro Vieira, Damasceno, Lisandra Serra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10637727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37970877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0228-2023
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Sumario:Herein, we report two cases of severe mpox in patients with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome from Brazil who developed atypical lesions and prolonged illness, one of whom had a fatal outcome. Both patients experienced serious complications involving the perianal and genital regions and prolonged disease with persistent viremia.

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