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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Dispatch

Monkeypox after Occupational Needlestick Injury from Pustule

João P. CaldasComments to Author , Sofia R. Valdoleiros, Sandra Rebelo, and Margarida Tavares
Author affiliations: Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal (J.P. Caldas, S.R. Valdoleiros, S. Rebelo, M. Tavares); University of Porto, Porto (J.P. Caldas, S.R. Valdoleiros, S. Rebelo, M. Tavares); European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Basel, Switzerland (S.R. Valdoleiros); Directorate-General of Health, Lisbon, Portugal (M. Tavares)

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Progress of monkeypox lesion on the finger of a previously healthy male physician in Portugal after occupational needlestick injury from pustule. A) Index lesion on the fourth day of illness. B) Index lesion on the sixth day of illness. C) Index lesion on the 18th day of illness. D) Necrotic scab underneath the devitalized tissue of the index lesion on the 24th day of illness.

Figure 1. Progress of monkeypox lesion on the finger of a previously healthy male physician in Portugal after occupational needlestick injury from pustule. A) Index lesion on the fourth day of illness. B) Index lesion on the sixth day of illness. C) Index lesion on the 18th day of illness. D) Necrotic scab underneath the devitalized tissue of the index lesion on the 24th day of illness.

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