Monkeypox in Liver Transplant Patient
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چکیده
Monkeypox (MKP) is a zoonosis caused by DNA virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus in Poxviridae family and was isolated for first time Denmark, 1958. In 1970, case humans described Democratic Republic of Congo and, since then, it has spread with inter-human dissemination July 2022, WHO declared state health emergency. Its clinical presentation similar that smallpox, skin eruptions evolve as macules, papules, vesicles, pustules crusts. The transplanted patient Thailand, June bone marrow patient. this report, we describe MKP postoperative period liver transplantation. We also discuss aspects situation, which still little known among transplanter community.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2764-1589']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53855/bjt.v26i1.510_eng