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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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Figure 2

Monkeypox signs in a previously healthy male physician in Portugal after occupational needlestick injury from pustule. A) Tender, indurated, erythematous, and well-delimited linear streak from the left finger to the armpit, on the seventh day of illness. B) Aggravated lymphangitis on the ninth day of illness.

Figure 2. Monkeypox signs in a previously healthy male physician in Portugal after occupational needlestick injury from pustule. A) Tender, indurated, erythematous, and well-delimited linear streak from the left finger to the armpit, on the seventh day of illness. B) Aggravated lymphangitis on the ninth day of illness.

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