Pharyngeal Co-Infections with Monkeypox Virus and Group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022

Pharyngeal Co-Infections with Monkeypox Virus and Group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022

We report 2 cases of pharyngeal monkeypox virus and group A Streptococcus co-infection in the United States. No rash was observed when pharyngitis symptoms began. One patient required intubation before mpox was diagnosed. Healthcare providers should be aware of oropharyngeal mpox manifestations and...

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Main Authors: Robyn M. Kaiser, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Nicholas Lehnertz, Jayne Griffith, Alison Ruprecht, John Stanton, Amanda Feldpausch, Jessica Pavlick, Charles A. Bruen, David Perez-Molinar, S. Rebecca Peglow, Omobosola O. Akinsete, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Elliot Raizes, Christopher Gregory, Ruth Lynfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
mpox
monkeypox
monkeypox virus
Streptococcus pyogenes
pharynx
pharyngeal disease
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0469_article

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