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Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Apr 2024
Topics: Humans; Chlamydia Infections; Proctitis; Chlamydia
PubMed: 37558471
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2396-23 -
Revista de La Facultad de Ciencias... Dec 2023the recent mpox outbreak was considered an international public health emergency.
INTRODUCTION
the recent mpox outbreak was considered an international public health emergency.
OBJECTIVE
describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of mpox in a hospital in the province of Buenos Aires.
METHODS
case series study in patients ≥15 years of age in the Dermatology service of the Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos "San Martín" in La Plata between August and November 2022.
RESULTS
10 patients were included. The mean age of presentation was 35 years. Seven of the patients were men and the remaining three were women. Most of them presented risky sexual intercourse as an epidemiological history. Pseudopustules were observed in 70% of the patients and all had genital, gluteal or perianal lesions. The complications observed were: local edema, proctitis, conjunctivitis and pharyngitis.
CONCLUSION
we present 3 female patients out of a total of 24 women reported in the country, which represent only 2% of mpox infections in Argentina. In most cases we observe pseudopustules, an elementary lesion recently described for this entity. One patient presented ocular involvement, a complication reported in 1% of cases in the current outbreak.
Topics: Humans; Mpox (monkeypox); Argentina; Eye; Hospitals
PubMed: 38150198
DOI: 10.31053/1853.0605.v80.n4.42303