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Monkeypox - a Description of the Clinical Progression of Skin Lesions: a Case Report from Colorado, USA

Overview
Journal Ther Adv Infect Dis
Publisher Sage Publications
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2022 Aug 1
PMID 35910397
Authors
Yeimer Ortiz-Martinez
Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales
Carlos Franco-Paredes
Daniel B Chastain
Amal A Gharamti
Lilian Vargas Barahona
Andres F Henao-Martinez
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Abstract

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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