Severe mpox in patients with advanced AIDS: long-term disease and fatal outcome

Abstract

ABSTRACT Herein, we report two cases of severe mpox in patients with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome from Brazil who developed atypical lesions and prolonged illness, one of whom had a fatal outcome. Both patients experienced serious complications involving the perianal and genital regions and prolonged disease with persistent viremia.

Keywords

• Mpox
• HIV
• Immunosuppression