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Volume 29, Number 9—September 2023
Dispatch

Pharyngeal Co-Infections with Monkeypox Virus and Group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022

Robyn M. Kaiser1Comments to Author , Shama Cash-Goldwasser1, Nicholas Lehnertz, Jayne Griffith, Alison Ruprecht, John Stanton, Amanda Feldpausch, Jessica Pavlick, Charles A. Bruen, David Perez-Molinar, S. Rebecca Peglow, Omobosola O. Akinsete, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Elliot Raizes, Christopher Gregory, and Ruth Lynfield
Author affiliations: HealthPartners Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (R.M. Kaiser, C.A. Bruen, D. Perez-Molinar, S.R. Peglow, O.O. Akinsete); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Cash-Goldwasser, S. Bamrah Morris, E. Raizes, C. Gregory); Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul (N. Lehnertz, J. Griffith, A. Ruprecht, R. Lynfield); Positive Impact Health Centers, Decatur, Georgia, USA (J. Stanton); Emory University, Atlanta (J. Stanton); Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta (A. Feldpausch, J. Pavlick)

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Figure 1

Computed tomography scans of patient’s neck in study of pharyngeal co-infections with monkeypox virus and group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022. A) Sagittal view of neck of patient A (39-year-old man) showing massive cervical lymphadenopathy (red circle and arrow). B) Axial view of hypopharynx of patient A after intubation with endotracheal tube. Asterisks show enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Patient was dependent on endotracheal tube because of soft tissue edema along the airway. ET, endotracheal tube; OGT, orogastric tube.

Figure 1. Computed tomography scans of patient’s neck in study of pharyngeal co-infections with monkeypox virus and group A Streptococcus, United States, 2022. A) Sagittal view of neck of patient A (39-year-old man) showing massive cervical lymphadenopathy (red circle and arrow). B) Axial view of hypopharynx of patient A after intubation with endotracheal tube. Asterisks show enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Patient was dependent on endotracheal tube because of soft tissue edema along the airway. ET, endotracheal tube; OGT, orogastric tube.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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