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The World Health Organization (WHO) began to receive reports of mpox (monkeypox) cases from non-endemic countries in 2022. In Peru, the number of cases increased to the point where it ranked among the top 10 countries in the world with the most confirmed cases. The objective of this study was to determine the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of mpox treated at a hospital in Lima from July to December 2022. A total of 124 cases were confirmed with molecular testing. The mean age was 34 years. The vast majority of reported mpox cases have been among males, men who have sex with men, homosexuals and people with HIV. Moreover, the majority of people with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment at the time of diagnosis. The exanthem prevailed as a clinical manifestation, followed by fever, headache and chills. The most common skin lesion was crust/scab (83.06 %) and most patients (98.39 %) did not require hospitalization. No deaths were reported in this study. It is necessary to educate the population in preventive actions, especially aimed at the most affected individuals. Additionally, eliminating stigmas will contribute to its early detection and control of the disease in future outbreaks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Disseminated tuberculosis is a rare condition in immunocompetent hosts. It results from lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during both primary and postprimary tuberculosis. This is a case report of a male patient admitted to our hospital for typical clinical signs of infectious disease affecting lungs and joints, and a right anterior chest wall mass and right-sided pleural effusion. It was thought that he had empyema necessitans, an extension of purulent pleural fluid through adjacent tissues forming an abscess on the thoracic wall, so he was hospitalized. Nowadays, empyema necessitans is a rare clinical finding. Tuberculosis is the most common cause of empyema necessitans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]