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Peru reports its first monkeypox-related death
Peru recorded the first monkeypox-related death of a man in his 45s with HIV and a severely weakened immune system, the director of a public hospital in Lima said on Monday.
Reuters August 01, 2022, 12:23
Peru recorded the first monkeypox-related death of a man in his 45s with HIV and a severely weakened immune system, the director of a public hospital in Lima said on Monday.
The man had been admitted to Hospital Dos de Mayo on Wednesday of last week "in septic shock" due to complications in his health because he had abandoned his treatment for HIV for months, said Dr. Eduardo de Farfán.
"The patient arrived with a very advanced infection (...) he had abandoned treatment for the disease he was suffering from and that made him more vulnerable to contracting any infection," he said in an interview with local radio RPP...
Peru reports its first monkeypox-related death
Peru recorded the first monkeypox-related death of a man in his 45s with HIV and a severely weakened immune system, the director of a public hospital in Lima said on Monday.
Reuters August 01, 2022, 12:23
Peru recorded the first monkeypox-related death of a man in his 45s with HIV and a severely weakened immune system, the director of a public hospital in Lima said on Monday.
The man had been admitted to Hospital Dos de Mayo on Wednesday of last week "in septic shock" due to complications in his health because he had abandoned his treatment for HIV for months, said Dr. Eduardo de Farfán.
"The patient arrived with a very advanced infection (...) he had abandoned treatment for the disease he was suffering from and that made him more vulnerable to contracting any infection," he said in an interview with local radio RPP...