A case of monkeypox and cytomegalovirus coinfection manifesting with crusted lesions mimicking rupiod syphilis

Dermatol Online J. 2023 Oct 15;29(5). doi: 10.5070/D329562406.

Abstract

Human monkeypox is a viral zoonosis that has recently emerged worldwide. Clinical cutaneous features include papules, vesicles, and pustules. However, atypical manifestations mimicking other infectious diseases are being reported more frequently. We present a 41-year-old man patient with untreated HIV with generalized rupioid crusted ulcerated plaques with perineal ulceration that were found to represent monkeypox and cytomegalovirus infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coinfection* / diagnosis
  • Coinfection* / pathology
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • HIV Infections* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mpox (monkeypox)*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Syphilis* / pathology