TY - JOUR AU - Rodriguez-Nava, Guillermo AU - Kadlecik, Peter AU - Filardo, Thomas AU - Ain, David AU - Cooper, Joseph AU - McCormick, David AU - Webber, Bryant AU - O’Laughlin, Kevin AU - Petersen, Brett AU - Narasimhan, Supriya AU - Sahni, Harleen T1 - Myocarditis Attributable to Monkeypox Virus Infection in 2 Patients, United States, 2022 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 12 SP - 2508 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report 2 immunocompetent and otherwise healthy adults in the United States who had monkeypox and required hospitalization for viral myocarditis. Both patients were unvaccinated against orthopoxviruses. They had shortness of breath or chest pain and elevated cardiac biomarkers. No immediate complications were observed. They were discharged home after symptoms resolved. KW - monkeypox KW - myocarditis KW - immunocompetent KW - orthopox KW - viruses KW - sexually transmitted infections KW - unvaccinated KW - vaccine-preventable diseases KW - United States KW - mpox DO - 10.3201/eid2812.221276 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-1276_article ER - End of Reference