Abstract
A man in his mid-30s presented with 1 week of painful, progressive, and confluent tongue and chin ulcerations. Swabs of the lesions were detected positive for monkeypox (mpox) DNA by polymerase chain reaction. During hospitalization, he received a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus-1. Due to severe oral pain, the patient was treated with intravenous tecovirimat 200 mg every 12 h for 4 days with remarkable improvement in lingual lesions. He completed a total 14-day course with oral tecovirimat. Our patient's clinical progress contributes to the data available for the potential efficacy of intravenous tecovirimat for mpox infection in humans.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e29078 |
Pages (from-to) | e29078 |
Journal | Journal of Medical Virology |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2023 |
Keywords
- Male
- Humans
- HIV-1/genetics
- Mpox (monkeypox)
- Administration, Intravenous
- HIV Seropositivity
- Benzamides
- Isoindoles
- Pain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Virology