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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Malciolu-Nica, Maria-Alexandra
• Costescu, Cristiana
• Popescu, Corneliu Petru
• Florescu, Simin Aysel
• Oprea, Cristiana

Titel

Mpox-Related Ophthalmic Disease: A Rare Case Report

Ist Teil von

• AIDS research and human retroviruses, 2023-11, Vol.39 (11), p.616-620

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Monkeypox virus (mpox), a double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Orthopox genus, can affect vulnerable anatomic sites, including the eyes, causing a monkeypox-related ophthalmic disease. The mpox virus may enter the eye via autoinoculation and cause multiple problems from mild lesions including conjunctivitis, blepharitis, keratitis, to severe ones such as corneal ulcers, corneal scarring, and rarely loss of vision. The aim of this article is to aggregate from an ophthalmologic point of view what is presently known about mpox-related ophthalmic disease (mpoxROD) and to present a particular case of a 41-year-old, white, bisexual, HIV positive male, with severe ocular complications. This article presents the first reported case in Romania, of severe mpoxROD, with clinically relevant information for infectious disease doctors and especially for ophthalmologists.