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Old 07-18-2024, 04:35 PM
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Woman gets cowpox infection from her cat

A 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of worsening redness, irritation, and discharge in the right eye. Examination of the eye showed periocular swelling, conjunctival injection, and chemosis as well as purulent discharge.

She received topical moxifloxacin, dexamethasone, and ganciclovir and intravenous ceftriaxone, metronidazole, and acyclovir, but despite this treatment, conjunctival necrosis, marked orbital inflammation, and ophthalmoplegia developed (Panel A).

Emergency canthotomy and cantholysis were performed to decompress the orbit, and necrotic tissue was débrided (Panel B). Two weeks before the patient’s symptoms had developed, her pet cat had developed lesions on the paws (Panel C) and head.

Polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) tests of scrapings from the lesions taken by a veterinarian were positive for orthopoxvirus, and a PCR test of a conjunctival swab from the patient was also positive for orthopoxvirus. Genome sequencing confirmed a diagnosis of cowpox.

The patient was treated with tecovirimat, which inhibits the orthopoxvirus VP37 envelope wrapping protein, and also received oral prednisolone, topical dexamethasone, and topical moxifloxacin. She underwent additional surgical débridement 2 months later and received a prolonged course of tecovirimat.

At follow-up 6 months after presentation, visual acuity in the patient’s right eye was 20/20, although she had a mild residual ptosis and some restriction of extraocular movements, mainly elevation and adduction of the right eye.
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Old 07-19-2024, 03:37 AM
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bet the cat hunted for mice and got it this way. Some pet rats have it too. Cats and rats with skin lesions i would never touch with bare hands. Wonder if the patient rubbed her eye after touching the cat and got it this way.
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Old 07-19-2024, 07:27 AM
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Even a cute little kitten can put your eye out!
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Old 07-20-2024, 02:51 AM
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And to think this is what the first vaccines in history were.
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Old 08-20-2024, 05:25 PM
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yet another reason, perhaps the best reason not to have a cat. Almost lost an eye from petting you're infected cat. FK that.
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