Monkeypox presenting as proctitis in men who have sex with men.
Michal YakubovskyDavid ShashaShelley ReichLuba TauNadav FriedelOra HalutzMichal DekelSuzy MeijerRonen Ben-AmiYael ParanPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
In our cohort of 70 MSM patients with monkeypox, more than one third presented with proctitis. In two-thirds of proctitis patients, there was no typical rash upon presentation, and in one-fifth, there was no rash at all, making the diagnosis a challenge. A rectal swab for monkeypox PCR can be diagnostic.