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Eczema Monkeypoxicum in a Female Patient with Atopic Dermatitis

  • Emma Napoli
  • , Madeline Frizzell
  • , Clark Gravell
  • , Sergio Vallejo
  • , Shasta Theodore
  • , Karen Chen
  • , Huma Siddiqui
  • , Justin Dunn
  • , Dora Marrufo
  • , Jose Cadena
  • , Patrick J. Danaher

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Abstract

A female patient with atopic dermatitis who had recently received a tattoo presented with severe right ear pain and several vesiculopustular lesions. Over 1 week, she developed approximately 80 widely distributed lesions. Laboratory testing confirmed mpox (previously monkeypox) virus, and no further lesions developed after initiation of oral tecovirimat.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberofad072
JournalOpen Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2023

Keywords

  • atopic dermatitis
  • eczema
  • monkeypox
  • orthopoxvirus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Infectious Diseases

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