
#359 Monkeypox with Dr. Boghuma Titanji
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Vaccines for Monkeypox
There's vaccinia immunoglobulin, which is essentially antibodies that are collected from individuals who have received smallpox vaccination and can be used as passive immunity. We don't have data on whether it's effective for treatment of monkeypox or not, but it's again one of those therapeutics that is in the realm of things that we can consider for immunocompromised hosts. Paul: If this pregnant woman had an exposure to someone with monkeypox, but she did not have any lesions,. She showed up in the clinic and she was worried because her roommate has tested positive for monkeypox and they share the same bedBecause it's a really tight apartment and she has no
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