Dermatology Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Dermatology Service and Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee.
JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Apr 1;159(4):424-431. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.0041.
The 2022 mpox outbreak has rapidly emerged onto the global medical scene while the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike COVID-19, however, most patients with mpox present with skin findings, the evolving clinical presentation of which may be mistaken for other common skin diseases, particularly sexually transmitted infections. This Special Communication provides an overview of the evolution of mpox skin findings from its initial description in humans in 1970 to the present-day multinational outbreak.
2022 年猴痘疫情在全球医疗领域迅速出现,而世界仍在努力应对 COVID-19 大流行。然而,与 COVID-19 不同的是,大多数猴痘患者表现为皮肤症状,其不断变化的临床表现可能被误认为其他常见皮肤疾病,特别是性传播感染。本专题通讯概述了从 1970 年人类首次描述猴痘到目前多国暴发期间猴痘皮肤表现的演变。