Challenges in clinical diagnosis of Clade I Mpox: Highlighting the need for enhanced diagnostic approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to limited diagnostic capacity and availability of point-of-care tests, diagnosis of Clade I mpox in the geographical regions most affected is usually on clinical grounds. This may be complicated due to the similarity between mpox and varicella (chickenpox) lesions. Visual assessment of lesions is also used for determining clinical progress and to assess patient outcomes in clinical trials. However, there has been no investigation into whether clinicians can (i) identify Clade I mpox compared to other viral lesions (ii) differentiate between Clade I mpox lesion stages.

Methodology/principle findings

The objective of this study was to evaluate inter-rater reliability and agreement between clinicians assessing lesions in patients with Clade I mpox. We presented

SUBMITTER: Bourner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226010 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature