Monkeypox – a description of the clinical progression of skin lesions: a case report from Colorado, USA

A rapidly emerging global outbreak of monkeypox virus infection (MPXV) in over 50 non-endemic countries was identified in May 2022. We report the case and images of a patient with MPXV presenting with genital lesions later complicated by superimposed cellulitis in Colorado, USA. MPXV lesions are sus...

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Autores principales: Ortiz-Martínez, Yeimer, Rodríguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Franco-Paredes, Carlos, Chastain, Daniel B., Gharamti, Amal A., Vargas Barahona, Lilian, Henao-Martínez, Andrés F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35910397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361221117726
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Sumario:A rapidly emerging global outbreak of monkeypox virus infection (MPXV) in over 50 non-endemic countries was identified in May 2022. We report the case and images of a patient with MPXV presenting with genital lesions later complicated by superimposed cellulitis in Colorado, USA. MPXV lesions are susceptible to bacterial superinfection, and with the advent of new cases, the early identification of skin lesions and their evolution during MPXV are imperative for treating clinicians. Clinicians should consider MPXV in differential diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases presenting with genital lesions.

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