International journal of STD & AIDS · 2024
'Monkeypox 2.0': Case series on a reconditioned virus causing sexually transmissible disease in urban population.
СтатьяНаблюдательное исследованиеМногоцентровое исследованиеНазвание и аннотация: Перевод в очереди
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Pakran Jaheersha, Alsaberi Amal Mohammed, AlFalasi Amani, Ibrahim Tarek Mohamed Karam Husein, Alnuaimi Amel Abdalla Eisa Fadl, Goturu Srikumar, Mohamed Muneer, Abraham Reena Mary, Sundaramurthi Vidya Lakshmi, Parambath Aneesh Kunnath, Jose Beena, Kamat Divya, Satish Thencheri Cheriath, Syeda Juwariya Tasneem, Gul Lubna, Mathias Rohini, Rasheed Vattiyamveetil Sajeela, Backar Shaheela, Krishna C Vijay, Al Dhabal Laila
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: MPOX (Monkeypox) viral infection, a zoonotic disease previously confined to the African sub-continent, has caught attention worldwide recently due to its resurgence in a new 'avatar' among urban communities. Dermatologists in the U. A. E. started to see patients with fever and a self-limiting pustular necrotic rash that was negative for all other infectious investigations.
METHODS: We performed a prospective observational multicenter clinical study of the demographics, skin manifestations, and outcomes of patients presenting with necrotic pustular lesions and/or fever.
RESULTS: 35 cases of PCR confirmed MPOX cases, mostly in the expatriate population, were followed up and found to have high-risk heterosexual contact on an average of 1 week prior to disease onset. We found that they have characteristic annular pustular lesions with necrotic center or "Smoke ring pustules' in all cases. Lesion tenderness and predilection for the lower abdomen, pubic area, and genitalia were observed. Most cases were systemically stable, with fever lasting for an average of 4 days and elevated CRP levels. Genital lesions were prone to secondary bacterial infections. The disease was severe, with larger annular plaques in one of our patients found to be living with HIV.
CONCLUSIONS: The overall prognosis in healthy individuals is good, with lesions healing within an average of 2 weeks without scarring. 'New world MPOX' should be unclassified from zoonosis to a sexually transmitted infection (STI) capable of transmission in an urban population. Our findings can help in early clinical suspicion and differentiation from other STI's for primary and secondary health care physicians.
METHODS: We performed a prospective observational multicenter clinical study of the demographics, skin manifestations, and outcomes of patients presenting with necrotic pustular lesions and/or fever.
RESULTS: 35 cases of PCR confirmed MPOX cases, mostly in the expatriate population, were followed up and found to have high-risk heterosexual contact on an average of 1 week prior to disease onset. We found that they have characteristic annular pustular lesions with necrotic center or "Smoke ring pustules' in all cases. Lesion tenderness and predilection for the lower abdomen, pubic area, and genitalia were observed. Most cases were systemically stable, with fever lasting for an average of 4 days and elevated CRP levels. Genital lesions were prone to secondary bacterial infections. The disease was severe, with larger annular plaques in one of our patients found to be living with HIV.
CONCLUSIONS: The overall prognosis in healthy individuals is good, with lesions healing within an average of 2 weeks without scarring. 'New world MPOX' should be unclassified from zoonosis to a sexually transmitted infection (STI) capable of transmission in an urban population. Our findings can help in early clinical suspicion and differentiation from other STI's for primary and secondary health care physicians.