Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
Infection Control Office, Incheon Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2022 Jul 11;37(27):e224. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e224.
A rapid outbreak of monkeypox is ongoing in non-endemic countries since May 2022. We report the first case of monkeypox in the Republic of Korea. This occurred in a 34-year-old male patient who traveled to Europe in June 2022. On the day of his return to the Republic of Korea (June 21, 2022), the patient presented with a genital lesion. The results of the monkeypox real-time polymerase chain reaction tests were positive in the penile ulcer, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal specimens. The patient subsequently developed fever and skin rash after hospital admission. Careful history taking along physical examination should be conducted in the patients who have epidemiologic risk factors for monkeypox. Moreover, appropriate specimens should be obtained from lesions and tested for the monkeypox virus.
自 2022 年 5 月以来，非流行国家正面临猴痘的迅速暴发。我们报告了韩国首例猴痘病例。该病例发生于一名 34 岁的男性患者，他于 2022 年 6 月前往欧洲旅行。在他返回韩国的当天（2022 年 6 月 21 日），患者出现生殖器损伤。阴茎溃疡、口咽和鼻咽标本的猴痘实时聚合酶链反应检测结果为阳性。患者随后在住院后出现发热和皮疹。对于具有猴痘流行病学风险因素的患者，应进行仔细的病史采集和体格检查。此外，应从病变部位获取适当的标本，并进行猴痘病毒检测。
