Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil

ABSTRACT Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Yargos Rodrigues Menezes, Alexandre Braga de Miranda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2022
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HIV
Death
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:98f07eafc17a416bb0a2f47b27c8bb86 2023-05-15T14:57:02+02:00 Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil Yargos Rodrigues Menezes Alexandre Braga de Miranda 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022 https://doaj.org/article/98f07eafc17a416bb0a2f47b27c8bb86 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822022000100705&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022 https://doaj.org/article/98f07eafc17a416bb0a2f47b27c8bb86 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 55 (2022) virus HIV Death Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022 2022-12-31T00:49:22Z ABSTRACT Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed to death in an immunosuppressed patient in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 55
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HIV
Death
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
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HIV
Death
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
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Alexandre Braga de Miranda
Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
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HIV
Death
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
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description ABSTRACT Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed to death in an immunosuppressed patient in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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title Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
title_short Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
title_full Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
title_fullStr Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil
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