A 32-YO ♂️ sex worker, sex with men unprotected, HIV under treatment: 20 lesions scattered throughout the body of umbilicated, erythematous, violaceous papules with central ulcerations & pustules, fevers, cervical & axillary lymph nodes
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HIV viral load of 1577 copies/mL and a CD4 + count of 932 cells/mm3
PCR: ➕ for Mpox virus
MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
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PCR: ➕ for Mpox virus
MPOX (MONKEYPOX)
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Mpox had been a neglected disease until May, 2022, and since then, there has been a notorious increase in the number of human monkeypox cases in non-endemic areas
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The Mpox lesions could be easily confused with other diseases, such as smallpox, molluscum contagiosum, or herpes simplex.
A number of people in the current outbreak have also genital lesions and proctitis
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A number of people in the current outbreak have also genital lesions and proctitis
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Mpox is particularly prevalent in a subgroup of men co-infected with HIV, due to transmission via sexual contact and the level of immunosuppression that these patients may show.
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