Monkeypox infection presenting as genital rash, Australia, May 2022
Yael Hammerschlag, Gina MacLeod, Georgina Papadakis, Asiel Adan Sanchez, Julian Druce, George Taiaroa, Ivana Savic, Jamie Mumford, Jason Roberts, Leon Caly, Deborah I. Friedman, Deborah A. Williamson, Allen Cheng, James McMahon
Abstract
Rapid diagnosis and whole genome sequencing confirmed a case of monkeypox in an HIV-positive individual receiving antiretroviral therapy. The patient had a normal CD4+ T-cell count and suppressed HIV viral load and presented with a genital rash in Melbourne, Australia after return from Europe in May 2022. He subsequently developed systemic illness and disseminated rash and 11 days after symptom onset, he was hospitalised to manage painful bacterial cellulitis of the genital area.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxRashSex organMedicineDermatologyAntiretroviral therapyViral loadAntiviral therapyCellulitisImmunologyHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)VirologyVirusBiologyGeneticsRecombinant DNABiochemistryVacciniaGeneChronic hepatitisPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research