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ArticleLe infezioni in medicina2022

Monkeypox virus infection mimicking primary syphilis.

Giulia Ciccarese, Antonio Di Biagio, Francesco Drago, Mario Mastrolonardo, Antonietta Pipoli, Sergio Lo Caputo, Gaetano Serviddio, Teresa Santantonio, Aurora Parodi

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Article in Le infezioni in medicina, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Urological Manifestation of Mpox Virus: A Scoping Review.Research and reports in urology · 2025
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  9. Update on Mpox: a brief narrative review.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Giulia CiccareseUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Antonio Di BiagioInfectious Diseases Unit, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy.
Francesco DragoUnit of Dermatology, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy.
Mario MastrolonardoUnit of Dermatology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Antonietta PipoliClinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Sergio Lo CaputoClinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Gaetano ServiddioC.U.R.E. (University Centre for Liver Disease Research and Treatment), Liver Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Teresa SantantonioClinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Aurora ParodiUnit of Dermatology, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In our case series of monkeypox (MPX) virus infected patients, one had a single genital ulcer as the only cutaneous manifestation of the infection. Physical examination revealed a single, rounded ulcer of the shaft penis characterized by pinkish raised, infiltrated borders and a crusty yellowish bottom associated with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathies. Serology for

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genital ulcerMonkeypox virussexually transmitted infections

Identifiers

PMID36908381
PMCPMC9994820

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