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Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022
Dispatch

Imported Monkeypox from International Traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021

Varea CostelloComments to Author , Madeleine Sowash, Aahana Gaur, Michael Cardis, Helena Pasieka, Glenn Wortmann, and Sheena Ramdeen
Author affiliations: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (V. Costello); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda (V. Costello); Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA (M. Sowash, A. Gaur, M. Cardis, H. Pasieka, G. Wortmann, S. Ramdeen)

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Imported monkeypox from international traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021. A) Epidermal necrosis, reticular necrosis, and vesiculation. In the dermis, a diffuse mixed superficial dermal infiltrate was observed. B, C) Higher magnification views showing dyskeratotic keratinocytes, neutrophil exocytosis, and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies consistent with Guarnieri bodies in the epidermis. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×4 in panel A, ×20 in panel B, and ×40 in panel C.

Figure 2. Imported monkeypox from international traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021. A) Epidermal necrosis, reticular necrosis, and vesiculation. In the dermis, a diffuse mixed superficial dermal infiltrate was observed. B, C) Higher magnification views showing dyskeratotic keratinocytes, neutrophil exocytosis, and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies consistent with Guarnieri bodies in the epidermis. Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×4 in panel A, ×20 in panel B, and ×40 in panel C.

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