Publications by authors named "P J Flegg"

Article Synopsis
  • In September 2018, a healthcare worker in the UK contracted monkeypox from a patient, likely through contaminated bedding.
  • Infection control measures included vaccinating contacts, daily health monitoring, and requiring those at risk to stay home from work.
  • Out of 134 potential contacts, 4 showed symptoms of monkeypox, but all patients recovered.
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With recent increases in annual gonorrhoea incidence and disproportionately high infection rates amongst men who have sex with men, the clinical picture of disseminated gonococcal infection is changing. We present two cases where consideration of, and investigation for, disseminated Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection provided the answer when routine inpatient diagnostics had been unsuccessful.

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