Publication Date
3-1-2023
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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.
Keywords
atopic dermatitis, eczema, monkeypox, orthopoxvirus
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