Mpox Presenting As Proctitis in Men Who Have Sex With Men

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2022 Sep 6

PMID 36066470

Authors

Michal Yakubovsky

David Shasha

Shelley Reich

Luba Tau

Nadav Friedel

Ora Halutz

Michal Dekel

Suzy Meijer

Ronen Ben-Ami

Yael Paran

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Abstract

In our cohort of 70 patients of men who have sex with men (MSM) with mpox, more than one-third presented with proctitis. In two-thirds of proctitis patients, there was no typical rash upon presentation, and in one-fifth, there was no rash at all, making the diagnosis a challenge. A rectal swab for mpox polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be diagnostic.

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