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Case Reports
. 2023 Jun;99(4):285-286.
doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055704. Epub 2023 Mar 16.

MPox virus: an unusual aetiology of peritonitis

Audrey Courdurié  1 , Matthieu Buscot  2 , Géraldine Gonfrier  3 , Johan Courjon  2   4 , Constantin Oncioiu  5 , Elisa Demonchy  2 , Michel Carles  2   4
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MPox virus: an unusual aetiology of peritonitis

Audrey Courdurié et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of severe disseminated monkeypox (MPox) virus infection complicated by peritonitis in a 44-year-old man living with well-controlled HIV. The patient was successfully treated with tecovirimat without requiring surgery. MPox should be considered in the differential diagnosis of non-bacterial peritonitis in patients at risk of infection.

Keywords: HIV; disease transmission, infectious; gastroenterology; homosexuality, male; virology.

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