TY - JOUR
T1 - Monkeypox infection and bacterial cellulitis
T2 - a complication to look for
AU - de Sousa, Diogo
AU - Frade, Joana
AU - Patrocínio, João
AU - Borges-Costa, João
AU - Filipe, Paulo
N1 - Funding Information:
The patients in this manuscript have given written informed consent to the publication of their case details. The authors would like to thank Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) for the help provided in diagnosing Monkeypox Virus cases.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Human monkeypox (MPX) is an endemic zoonotic disease in regions of Africa caused by the monkeypox virus, with recent outbreaks in several non-African countries. In this study, we present two cases of patients with MPX infection complicated by a deep skin infection. Both patients presented to our dermatology clinic with a clinical syndrome characteristic of MPX. The diagnosis was confirmed based on swabs of skin lesions. Both patients later returned to our clinic with erythema, pain, and edema at the site of previous papules and were diagnosed with deep skin bacterial infection. In this study we provide information on what we believe was an underreported MPX infection complication and give some advice on preventing cases of cellulitis in these patients.
AB - Human monkeypox (MPX) is an endemic zoonotic disease in regions of Africa caused by the monkeypox virus, with recent outbreaks in several non-African countries. In this study, we present two cases of patients with MPX infection complicated by a deep skin infection. Both patients presented to our dermatology clinic with a clinical syndrome characteristic of MPX. The diagnosis was confirmed based on swabs of skin lesions. Both patients later returned to our clinic with erythema, pain, and edema at the site of previous papules and were diagnosed with deep skin bacterial infection. In this study we provide information on what we believe was an underreported MPX infection complication and give some advice on preventing cases of cellulitis in these patients.
KW - Cellulitis
KW - Disease outbreak
KW - Infectious skin diseases
KW - Monkeypox
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.024
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 36055636
AN - SCOPUS:85138038950
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 123
SP - 180
EP - 182
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -
