China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (7): 473-475.doi: 10.12144/zgmfskin202507473

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Severe scars caused by monkeypox: a case report

WANG Hong1, WANG Zhaoguo2, LI Xiang1, XU Guangyong1,3   

  1. 1 Department of Dermatology, Qingdao Public Health Clinical Center, Qingdao 266033, China; 2 Department of Radiology, Qingdao Public Health Clinical Center, Qingdao 266033, China; 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Qingdao Public Health Clinical Center, Qingdao 266033, China
  • Online:2025-07-15 Published:2025-07-04

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Abstract: This paper reports a case of monkeypox with AIDS, syphilis and local severe bacterial infection. The patient had a history of AIDS for more than 3 years and was undergoing ART treatment. With a low immune function, the patient developed severe bacterial infection after being infected with the monkeypox virus, and was left with disfiguring scars after the skin lesions healed. This patient had the longest hospitalization and recovery time of 4 months in this region.

Key words: monkeypox, AIDS, scar, immune dysfunction