Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report
A large number of monkeypox (MPOX) cases have been reported in Europe and North America in 2022, and a new outbreak of this disease was declared. We describe a case of a patient with probable monkeypox during the height of this epidemic in Poland. The patient’s symptoms resolved within two weeks, bu...
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| description | A large number of monkeypox (MPOX) cases have been reported in Europe and North America in 2022, and a new outbreak of this disease was declared. We describe a case of a patient with probable monkeypox during the height of this epidemic in Poland. The patient’s symptoms resolved within two weeks, but over the next two months, he developed community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and, subsequently, non-specific pleuritis. The simultaneous occurrence of such severe infections in a previously healthy young man is not typical and suggests a potential underlying cause. We believe the potential association of these diseases with probable monkeypox virus infection is very likely. Cases of monkeypox pneumonia, both viral and secondary bacterial, have already been reported in the literature. Cases of viral pleuritis in the course of MPOX in animals have also been described; however, to our knowledge, no similar cases have been described in humans to date. Our case indicates that it is important to monitor patients after MPOX in order to respond promptly to potentially life-threatening but, as of yet, not fully understood complications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7818350ec10949fd8e53a50869627df92023-12-22T14:13:04ZengMDPI AGInfectious Disease Reports2036-74492023-12-0115679580510.3390/idr15060071Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case ReportHubert Dawid Ciepłucha0Mateusz Bożejko1Paweł Piesiak2Sylwia Serafińska3Bartosz Szetela4Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiencies, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-149 Wroclaw, PolandFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, PolandLower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, 53-439 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-149 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiencies, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-149 Wroclaw, PolandA large number of monkeypox (MPOX) cases have been reported in Europe and North America in 2022, and a new outbreak of this disease was declared. We describe a case of a patient with probable monkeypox during the height of this epidemic in Poland. The patient’s symptoms resolved within two weeks, but over the next two months, he developed community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and, subsequently, non-specific pleuritis. The simultaneous occurrence of such severe infections in a previously healthy young man is not typical and suggests a potential underlying cause. We believe the potential association of these diseases with probable monkeypox virus infection is very likely. Cases of monkeypox pneumonia, both viral and secondary bacterial, have already been reported in the literature. Cases of viral pleuritis in the course of MPOX in animals have also been described; however, to our knowledge, no similar cases have been described in humans to date. Our case indicates that it is important to monitor patients after MPOX in order to respond promptly to potentially life-threatening but, as of yet, not fully understood complications.https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/15/6/71STIMPXVpleuritispneumonia |
| spellingShingle | Hubert Dawid Ciepłucha Mateusz Bożejko Paweł Piesiak Sylwia Serafińska Bartosz Szetela Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report Infectious Disease Reports STI MPXV pleuritis pneumonia |
| title | Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report |
| title_full | Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report |
| title_short | Bacterial Pneumonia and Cryptogenic Pleuritis after Probable Monkeypox Virus Infection: A Case Report |
| title_sort | bacterial pneumonia and cryptogenic pleuritis after probable monkeypox virus infection a case report |
| topic | STI MPXV pleuritis pneumonia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/15/6/71 |
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