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

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2022 Aug 29:55:e0392. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0392-2022. eCollection 2022.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Monkeypox virus*
  • Mpox (monkeypox)* / diagnosis