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- Title
Early use of tecovirimat in a young man with severe mpox skin lesions: a case report.
- Authors
Iannone, Valentina; Ciccullo, Arturo; Farinacci, Damiano; Borghetti, Alberto; Visconti, Elena; Marchetti, Simona; Sanguinetti, Maurizio; Tamburrini, Enrica; Di Giambenedetto, Simona
- Abstract
Orthopoxvirus PCR and Monkeypox virus DNA from lesion swab performed on day 15 from TCV initiation came back negative. Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that can cause mpox (previously known as Human Monkeypox),[1] an illness clinically similar to smallpox, although with a far less severe course and lower mortality.[2] Monkeypox virus is currently causing an unprecedented outbreak,[[3]] with over 3400 laboratory-confirmed cases from 23 nonendemic countries. Multiple samples including swabs of the two nasal lesions, pharyngeal swabs, and blood samples were collected and Monkeypox virus DNA was detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on all the samples.
- Subjects
MONKEYPOX; LYMPHADENITIS; YOUNG men
- Publication
Journal of Medical Virology, 2023, Vol 95, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0146-6615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jmv.28528