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

• Published in: IDCases Vol. 31; p. e01707
• Main Authors: Opardija, Almira, Sivasubramanian, Geetha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2023; Published by Elsevier Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Case Report; Co-infection; Monkeypox; Syphilis; Monkeypox; Syphilis; Co-infection

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...