Mpox Hepatic and Pulmonary Lesions in HIV/Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infected Patient, France
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|October 24, 2024
Abstract:
We report a case of persistent disseminated mpox evolving over >6 months in an HIV/hepatitis B virus co-infected patient in France who had <200 CD4+ cells/mm3, pulmonary and hepatic necrotic lesions, persistent viremia, and nasopharyngeal excretion. Clinical outcome was favorable after 90 days of tecovirimat treatment and administration of human vaccinia immunoglobulins.
Keywords:
FranceHBVHIVHIV/AIDS and other retrovirusesVIGIVhepatitis B virushuman vaccinia immune globulinsliverliver abscesslungsmonkeypox virusmpoxnecrotic lesionssexually transmitted infectionstecovirimatvaccinia immune globulins intravenousviruseszoonoses

