Orf Nodule with Erythema Multiforme during a Monkeypox Outbreak, France, 2022

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Apr;29(4):860-862. doi: 10.3201/eid2904.230058. Epub 2023 Mar 14.

Abstract

A 26-year-old patient in France who worked as a butcher sought care initially for erythema multiforme. Clinical examination revealed a nodule with a crusty center, which upon investigation appeared to be an orf nodule. Diagnosis was confirmed by PCR. The patient was not isolated and had a favorable outcome after basic wound care.

Keywords: France; PCR; erythema multiforme; monkeypox; orf nodule; parapoxvirus; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Ecthyma, Contagious* / diagnosis
  • Ecthyma, Contagious* / epidemiology
  • Erythema Multiforme* / diagnosis
  • Erythema Multiforme* / epidemiology
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Mpox (monkeypox)*
  • Sheep