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Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia
This case report describes the presentation, management, and clinical course of monkeypox in a 30-year-old female with multiple sexual partners admitted to Dammam Medical Complex, a major hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia. The patient presented with a rash on her inner thighs and vagina, accompanied...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10676519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022203 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47785 |
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author | Alsaeed, Ali AlKhalaf, Abdullah Al Matar, Fatimah AlRamadan, Saleh Al Muhaif, Ali Marzooq, Zahra Alaali, Zainab |
author_facet | Alsaeed, Ali AlKhalaf, Abdullah Al Matar, Fatimah AlRamadan, Saleh Al Muhaif, Ali Marzooq, Zahra Alaali, Zainab |
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description | This case report describes the presentation, management, and clinical course of monkeypox in a 30-year-old female with multiple sexual partners admitted to Dammam Medical Complex, a major hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia. The patient presented with a rash on her inner thighs and vagina, accompanied by subjective fever and itching. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of monkeypox. Despite the absence of complications, the patient was isolated and received conservative therapy under the care of the infectious disease team. This case report highlights the effectiveness of conservative therapy in managing monkeypox, testing another possibility of sexually transmitted disease, and emphasizes the role of the infectious disease team in providing comprehensive care to patients with infectious diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-106765192023-10-27 Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia Alsaeed, Ali AlKhalaf, Abdullah Al Matar, Fatimah AlRamadan, Saleh Al Muhaif, Ali Marzooq, Zahra Alaali, Zainab Cureus Epidemiology/Public Health This case report describes the presentation, management, and clinical course of monkeypox in a 30-year-old female with multiple sexual partners admitted to Dammam Medical Complex, a major hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia. The patient presented with a rash on her inner thighs and vagina, accompanied by subjective fever and itching. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of monkeypox. Despite the absence of complications, the patient was isolated and received conservative therapy under the care of the infectious disease team. This case report highlights the effectiveness of conservative therapy in managing monkeypox, testing another possibility of sexually transmitted disease, and emphasizes the role of the infectious disease team in providing comprehensive care to patients with infectious diseases. Cureus 2023-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10676519/ /pubmed/38022203 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47785 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alsaeed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Epidemiology/Public Health Alsaeed, Ali AlKhalaf, Abdullah Al Matar, Fatimah AlRamadan, Saleh Al Muhaif, Ali Marzooq, Zahra Alaali, Zainab Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title | Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Unveiling Monkeypox: A Rare Case of Sexual Transmission in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | unveiling monkeypox: a rare case of sexual transmission in saudi arabia |
topic | Epidemiology/Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10676519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022203 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47785 |
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