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Case Reports
. 2022 Aug 29:55:e0392.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022. eCollection 2022.

Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil

Yargos Rodrigues Menezes  1 , Alexandre Braga de Miranda  2
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Severe disseminated clinical presentation of monkeypox virus infection in an immunosuppressed patient: first death report in Brazil

Yargos Rodrigues Menezes et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .

Abstract

Since May 2022, the number of monkeypox virus infections has sharply increased in countries where the disease has not been previously endemic. At present, most reports refer to low-severity cases. Herein, we present a severe case of the disease with disseminated skin lesions that progressed to death in an immunosuppressed patient in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Hospital admission on July 15, 2022.
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FIGURE 2:. July 18, 2022.
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FIGURE 3:. July 21, 2022.
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FIGURE 4:. July 27, 2022.
FIGURE 5:
FIGURE 5:. Oral cavity lesions.
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