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A severe monkeypox infection in a patient with an advanced HIV infection treated with tecovirimat: clinical and virological outcome
Document Type
article
Source
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 125, Iss , Pp 135-137 (2022)
Subject
Monkeypox virus
Tecovirimat
Immunocompromised
HIV/AIDS
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Language
English
ISSN
1201-9712
Abstract
A patient aged 28 years who is immunocompromised and living with HIV/AIDS became infected with the monkeypox virus (MPXV). His clinical condition deteriorated for 37 days, with fever, skin lesions, and diarrhea before going to the infectious diseases department, where his severe, protracted infection was treated with tecovirimat for 14 days. His condition rapidly improved, and the skin lesions decreased, as did the MPXV loads, with no adverse events. This case indicates that tecovirimat might be effective for treating patients who are immunocompromised and are infected with MPXV.