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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
DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofad072
PMID
36998632
PMCID
PMC10043130
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
February 2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes
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