The diagnostic dilemma for atypical presentation of progressive human Mpox

BACKGROUND: Human mpox has increasingly been reported worldwide since May 2022, with higher incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) and persons living with HIV (PLHIV) with presentation typical for generalized macules and papules. CASE PRESENTATION: We are describing a case of human mpox, which...

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Autores principales: Sahra, Syeda, Villalobos, Raul Orozco, Scott, Brian M., Bowman, Deidra J., Sassine, Joseph, Salvaggio, Michelle, Drevets, Douglas A., Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696784/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08852-2
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author Sahra, Syeda
Villalobos, Raul Orozco
Scott, Brian M.
Bowman, Deidra J.
Sassine, Joseph
Salvaggio, Michelle
Drevets, Douglas A.
Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo
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Villalobos, Raul Orozco
Scott, Brian M.
Bowman, Deidra J.
Sassine, Joseph
Salvaggio, Michelle
Drevets, Douglas A.
Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo
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description BACKGROUND: Human mpox has increasingly been reported worldwide since May 2022, with higher incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) and persons living with HIV (PLHIV) with presentation typical for generalized macules and papules. CASE PRESENTATION: We are describing a case of human mpox, which presented as widespread, atypical round verrucous lesions that went undiagnosed in the community for six months and was treated with antibacterials and antifungals given the similarity to skin manifestations associated with endemic mycoses. CONCLUSIONS: Suspicion for human mpox should be high in young MSM and PLHIV who present with rash and mpox should be ruled out earlier.
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spelling pubmed-106967842023-12-06 The diagnostic dilemma for atypical presentation of progressive human Mpox Sahra, Syeda Villalobos, Raul Orozco Scott, Brian M. Bowman, Deidra J. Sassine, Joseph Salvaggio, Michelle Drevets, Douglas A. Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo BMC Infect Dis Case Report BACKGROUND: Human mpox has increasingly been reported worldwide since May 2022, with higher incidence in men who have sex with men (MSM) and persons living with HIV (PLHIV) with presentation typical for generalized macules and papules. CASE PRESENTATION: We are describing a case of human mpox, which presented as widespread, atypical round verrucous lesions that went undiagnosed in the community for six months and was treated with antibacterials and antifungals given the similarity to skin manifestations associated with endemic mycoses. CONCLUSIONS: Suspicion for human mpox should be high in young MSM and PLHIV who present with rash and mpox should be ruled out earlier. BioMed Central 2023-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10696784/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08852-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Villalobos, Raul Orozco
Scott, Brian M.
Bowman, Deidra J.
Sassine, Joseph
Salvaggio, Michelle
Drevets, Douglas A.
Higuita, Nelson Iván Agudelo
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