Mpox Presenting as Proctitis in Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Yakubovsky, Michal; Shasha, David; Reich, Shelley; Tau, Luba; Friedel, Nadav; Halutz, Ora; Dekel, Michal; Meijer, Suzy et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2023

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

In our cohort of 70 patients of men who have sex with men (MSM) with mpox, more than one-third presented with proctitis. In two-thirds of proctitis patients, there was no typical rash upon presentation, and in one-fifth, there was no rash at all, making the diagnosis a challenge. A rectal swab for mpox polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be diagnostic.

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