Dermatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Dermatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Oct;123:180-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.08.024. Epub 2022 Aug 31.
Human monkeypox (MPX) is an endemic zoonotic disease in regions of Africa caused by the monkeypox virus, with recent outbreaks in several non-African countries. In this study, we present two cases of patients with MPX infection complicated by a deep skin infection. Both patients presented to our dermatology clinic with a clinical syndrome characteristic of MPX. The diagnosis was confirmed based on swabs of skin lesions. Both patients later returned to our clinic with erythema, pain, and edema at the site of previous papules and were diagnosed with deep skin bacterial infection. In this study we provide information on what we believe was an underreported MPX infection complication and give some advice on preventing cases of cellulitis in these patients.
人类猴痘（MPX）是一种由猴痘病毒引起的非洲地方性人畜共患病，最近在几个非非洲国家爆发。在本研究中，我们报告了两例猴痘感染并发深部皮肤感染的患者。这两例患者均因具有猴痘特征的临床综合征而就诊于皮肤科门诊。通过对皮损拭子进行检查，确诊为猴痘感染。两例患者随后均因丘疹处出现红斑、疼痛和肿胀而返回皮肤科门诊，被诊断为深部皮肤细菌感染。本研究提供了我们认为是一种报告较少的猴痘感染并发症的信息，并就如何预防这些患者发生蜂窝织炎提出了一些建议。
