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Monkeypox presenting as a facial abscess

British Dental Journal volume 234, pages 510–511 (2023)Cite this article

Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by the Monkeypox virus. There has been an increase in Monkeypox cases since the eradication of smallpox and cessation of routine smallpox vaccination.1 It is spread through direct contact with an infected human, animal or fomite and has an incubation of 5-21 days. This is the first case report of Monkeypox presenting as a facial cutaneous abscess.

A 33-year-old man attended the Emergency Department with a five-day history of a cutaneous facial abscess. After three days of flucloxacillin prescribed by his general practitioner, he presented to the Emergency Department with increasing pain and swelling with a family member. At this point, the patient denied anything remarkable in his past medical or social history.

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  2. UK Health Security Agency. Principles for monkeypox control in the UK: 4 nations consensus statement. January 2023. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/principles-for-monkeypox-control-in-the-uk-4-nations-consensus-statement/principles-for-monkeypox-control-in-the-uk-4-nations-consensus-statement (accessed November 2022).

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  1. Royal London Hospital, London, UK

    J. Leow, C. Y. Chieng, K. Solanki & N. Bhatti

  2. Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

    R. Bhandari

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Leow, J., Chieng, C., Solanki, K. et al. Monkeypox presenting as a facial abscess. Br Dent J 234, 510–511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5754-4

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