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• TITLE: Mpoxic Acute Generalized Peritonitis on Sigmoidal Perforation: A Case Report from the DRC

  AUTHORS: Tyty Bwana, Henri Simon Eleke, Gloire Dizanzidi, Dieu Merci Matambongi, Pacôme Mbombombo, Thierry Bobanga

  KEYWORDS: Mpox Infection, Colonic Perforation, Colostomy, DR Congo

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol.15 No.1, January 26, 2025

  ABSTRACT: Acute generalized peritonitis complicating colonic perforation due to Mpox infection is a rare complication not reported to our knowledge. Clinical features include generalized rashes, infectious signs, and a distended painful abdomen. Management is medical-surgical. We report a case of a 38-year-old patient transferred to CTM/RD Congo for management of an acute surgical abdomen complicating Mpox Infection. Clinical examination on admission noted: fever, peritoneal facies, skin eruptions of different ages, ulcerated and necrotic crusts, and a distended and diffusely painful abdomen. An exploratory laparotomy revealed sigmoidal perforations. Perforated colitis, probably Mpoxic was selected as the cause of the acute generalized peritonitis.