A 36-year-old Italian, returning from a trip to Spain, had symptoms of coronavirus and monkeypox, for which he tested positive. Doctors also discovered that he had HIV.
Bad day for this 36 year old man. In hospital for symptoms of Covid-19 and monkey pox, which he suffered from, this Italian also tested positive for HIV. This is the first time such a case has been documented. in the scientific literature. The story was reported by the scientific journal Journal of Infection on August 19 and relayed by The Parisian.
High fever, painful blisters and pimples
The facts took place at the beginning of July. The man, nine days after a stay in Spain from June 16 to 20, reports having suffered from high fever reaching up to 39.5 ° C, fatigue and sore throat. Without surprise, He tested positive for Covid-19 2nd of July. He was infected with the Omicron BA.5.1 variant.
The same day, pimples appeared on his left arm. The next day, July 3, small painful blisters, that is to say a lesion of the skin in the form of blisters, covered many parts of his body.
Two days later he went to hospital in Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. The samples were monkeypox positivebut not only… The man also has HIV. However, in September 2021, the Italian had already carried out a screening, negative, to the virus. The infection was therefore recent.
He was able to return home a few days later.
The patient received Strovimab, a treatment against Covid-19 according to the High Authority of Health. By July 9, most of the symptoms had subsided. He was able to return to his home, still positive for Covid-19 and monkeypox, while remaining isolated.
The young man told doctors that during his stay in Spain he had unprotected sex with another man. The Journal of Infection scientists warn of the possibility of “co-infection with SARS-Cov-2 and monkeypox, particularly for subjects who have recently traveled to monkeypox epidemic areas”.