Delayed clearance of monkeypox virus in a patient with co infection with secondary syphilis

Several studies from the current 2022 monkeypox (MPX) outbreak have documented co-infections with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. We present a patient with MPX and secondary syphilis who failed to clear the MPX virus 30 days after illness onset des...

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Published inIDCases Vol. 31; p. e01707
Main Authors Opardija, Almira, Sivasubramanian, Geetha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2023
Published by Elsevier Ltd
Elsevier
Subjects
Case Report
Co-infection
Monkeypox
Syphilis
Monkeypox
Syphilis
Co-infection
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Summary:Several studies from the current 2022 monkeypox (MPX) outbreak have documented co-infections with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. We present a patient with MPX and secondary syphilis who failed to clear the MPX virus 30 days after illness onset despite a 14-day course of tecovirimat therapy.
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ISSN:2214-2509
2214-2509
DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01707