Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2023)

Pharyngeal Co-Infections with Monkeypox Virus and Group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022

  • Robyn M. Kaiser,
  • Shama Cash-Goldwasser,
  • Nicholas Lehnertz,
  • Jayne Griffith,
  • Alison Ruprecht,
  • John Stanton,
  • Amanda Feldpausch,
  • Jessica Pavlick,
  • Charles A. Bruen,
  • David Perez-Molinar,
  • S. Rebecca Peglow,
  • Omobosola O. Akinsete,
  • Sapna Bamrah Morris,
  • Elliot Raizes,
  • Christopher Gregory,
  • Ruth Lynfield

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230469
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
pp. 1855 – 1858

Abstract

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We report 2 cases of pharyngeal monkeypox virus and group A Streptococcus co-infection in the United States. No rash was observed when pharyngitis symptoms began. One patient required intubation before mpox was diagnosed. Healthcare providers should be aware of oropharyngeal mpox manifestations and possible co-infections; early treatment might prevent serious complications.

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