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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2023

An HIV-positive man with painless ulcer and pustules: mpox, syphilis, or both?

Ian Thien Bui, Benjamin Sloan, Marc Tribble, Angela Yen Moore

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian Thien BuiTexas A&M School of Medicine, College Station, Texas.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-2377
Benjamin SloanTexas A&M School of Medicine, College Station, Texas.
Marc TribbleBaylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Angela Yen MooreBaylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Baylor University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mpox (formerly monkeypox) is a viral illness endemic in certain parts of the world such as Africa. Travel to these endemic areas has increased outbreaks in regions typically unaffected by this poxvirus. Mpox infection is characterized by prodromal symptoms including fever, chills, and lymphadenopathy, followed by a vesiculopustular exanthem. Genital lesions are common especially in vulnerable populations, such as those who engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. We report a 50-year-old man living with HIV who presented for evaluation of multiple painless genital lesions and later tested positive for both mpox and syphilis. With recent outbreaks, clinicians should evaluate genital lesions with a broad sexually transmitted infection differential. Rapid diagnosis and treatment are imperative to prevent more severe disease progression in immunocompromised patients.

Indexed as

CoinfectionHIVmonkeypoxmpoxsexually transmitted infectionsyphilis

Identifiers

PMID37334094
PMCPMC10269416
OpenAlexW4362578579

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Registered trials

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