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A 46-year-old man was admitted with suspected mpox (monkeypox). He reported unprotected sex with an asymptomatic man 2 weeks ago. Three days before admission, he had consulted a dermatologist for maculopapular lesions on his penis accompanied by mild itchiness and pain, without fever or other symptoms. He had been prescribed topical podophyllotoxin for suspected condyloma. He had documented the evolution of skin lesions with a series of photos, which showed black maculopapular changes on the penis corpus (figure 1). On admission, physical …
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Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti
Contributors CB was responsible for the patient’s management and writing the original draft of the manuscript. AS-K was co-responsible for patient’s management and was supervising the manuscript writing. AB was co-responsible for patient’s management and was supervising the manuscript writing. JDK was co-responsible for patient’s management and was supervising the manuscript writing.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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