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Case Report • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 55 • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022   copy

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

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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.

Keywords:
Monkeypox virus; HIV; Death

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