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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2024

Challenges in Managing Treatment-Resistant Mpox Complicated by Severe Superinfection.

Julia C Fortier, Christopher Marsalisi, Elian Cordova, Hui Jun Guo, Jorge Verdecia

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julia C FortierCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-4088
Christopher MarsalisiDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Elian CordovaCollege of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Hui Jun GuoDepartment of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Jorge VerdeciaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9609-7366
University of Florida · USUniversity of North Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Though typically self-limiting, severe mpox infections have been treated with antiviral medications, most notably tecovirimat. Various reports exist of mpox progression despite tecovirimat treatment. Treatment resistance can be due to acquired mpox strain mutations, most often occurring in an immunocompromised host. We present the case of a male with AIDS who developed disseminated treatment-resistant mpox infection complicated by superimposed bacterial and fungal infections. His orthopoxvirus polymerase chain reaction result remained positive despite treatment with 4 weeks of oral tecovirimat and 3 doses of intravenous cidofovir. Poor response to antiviral therapy was likely due to his underlying immunocompromised state; however, strain resistance cannot be ruled out given that the patient had started but not completed a 14-day course of tecovirimat 8 months prior, at the time of initial mpox diagnosis. Patients with mpox who are immunocompromised may require extended and additional treatment beyond the standard 14 days of tecovirimat, such as cidofovir, brincidofovir, or intravenous vaccina immune globulin.

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cidofovirmpoxresistancesuperinfectiontenofovir

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PMID38651138
PMCPMC11034949
OpenAlexW4392858666

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