Infectious Disease Unit, Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, Bayelsa, Nigeria.
Infectious Disease Unit, Federal Medical Centre Owerri/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 5;71(8):e210-e214. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa143.
In a retrospective review of hospital records of 40 human monkeypox cases from Nigeria, the majority developed fever and self-limiting vesiculopustular skin eruptions. Five deaths were reported. Compared to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative cases, HIV type 1-coinfected cases had more prolonged illness, larger lesions, and higher rates of both secondary bacterial skin infections and genital ulcers.
在对尼日利亚 40 例人类猴痘病例的医院记录进行回顾性审查后,大多数患者出现发热和自限性水疱脓疱性皮疹。报告了 5 例死亡。与人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)阴性病例相比,HIV-1 合并感染病例的疾病持续时间更长,病变更大,继发性细菌皮肤感染和生殖器溃疡的发生率更高。