A monkeypox virus infection mimicking primary syphilis
Martina Turco, Fabrizio Rocco Mancuso, L Pisano
Abstract
Given the current monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak in at-risk men who have sex with men (MSM), clinicians should consider MPXV a differential diagnosis of syphilis, in any patient with a solitary painless genital nodule.
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxOutbreakMedicineSyphilisVirologyMen who have sex with menDifferential diagnosisPrimary SyphilisHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Secondary syphilisBiologyPathologyVacciniaRecombinant DNAGeneBiochemistryPoxvirus research and outbreaksHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsBacillus and Francisella bacterial research