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Review
. 2022 Aug 10;1(3):37605.
doi: 10.56305/001c.37605. eCollection 2022.

Inpatient Management of Monkeypox

Zachary Shaw  1 , Vijairam Selvaraj  2 , Arkadiy Finn  2 , Matthew L Lorenz  3 , Michael Santos  2 , Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie  2
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Review

Inpatient Management of Monkeypox

Zachary Shaw et al. Brown J Hosp Med. .

Abstract

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis with symptoms that appear similar to smallpox patients seen in the past, although it is clinically less severe. Since eradicating smallpox in 1980, monkeypox has become the most important orthopoxvirus for public health. The virus is primarily transmitted by close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person, or contaminated objects. We describe a young male with fever and vesicular rash diagnosed with monkeypox and herpes simplex virus 2 and review inpatient management of monkeypox infection.

Keywords: Monkeypox virus; inpatient; orthopoxvirus; pediatric; tecovirimat.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Vesiculopustular lesions on the face and in the oral cavity.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Vesicular lesions on the foot.
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