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Título: Monkeypox and HIV in the Canary Islands: A Different Pattern in a Mobile Population
Autores/as: Betancort-Plata, C
Lopez-Delgado, L
Jaen-Sanchez, N
Tosco-Nunez, T
Suarez-Hormiga, L
Lavilla-Salgado, C
Pisos Álamo, Elena 
Hernandez-Betancor, A
Hernández Cabrera, Pilar Michele 
Carranza Rodríguez, Cristina 
Briega-Molina, M
Pérez Arellano, José Luis 
Clasificación UNESCO: 32 Ciencias médicas
320505 Enfermedades infecciosas
Palabras clave: Monkeypox
Human immunodeficiency virus
Canary Islands
Spain
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Publicación seriada: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 
Resumen: Background. The clinical and epidemiological data of the recent outbreak of monkeypox (MPX) differ from previous reports. One difference is the epidemiological profile; the disease mainly affects a subgroup of MSM (men who have sex with men) with high-risk sexual behaviors, frequently persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). Methods. In this observational analysis, all patients with PCR (polymerase chain reaction)-confirmed MPX attending an Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Unit in Gran Canaria (Spain) between May and July 2022 were considered. Results. In total, 42 men were included; 88% were identified as MSM, with a median age of 40 years. Only 43% were born in Spain. All the patients had systemic symptoms and skin lesions. The distribution of lesions was more frequent in the genital/anal region, and the involvement of hands and feet was less common. Fever and lymphadenopathies were less frequent than in other series. Other unusual manifestations were proctitis, pharyngitis and penile–scrotal edema. Half of the patients had other associated infections (mainly STIs, sexually transmitted infections), and 60% of the monkeypox patients had PLHIV (People Living with HIV). When comparing the clinical characteristics between HIV-positive and -negative patients, we found three main differences: (i) a higher frequency of perioral lesions, (ii) a higher frequency of pharyngitis and (iii) a higher number of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-positive patients. Conclusions. The clinical findings in this outbreak of MPX had great variability in presentation. Several clinical differences were found in PLHIV-coinfected patients.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/120774
ISSN: 2414-6366
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed7100318
Fuente: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease [ISSN 2414-6366], v. 7 (10), 318, (Octubre 2022)
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