The coincidence of the monkeypox outbreak with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic raises a global concern about a potential new pandemic and the possible consequences. As the World Health Organization declared the international monkeypox outbreak a global emergency, there is apprehension about the complications and mortality of monkeypox infection. The monkeypox virus is a zoonosis: a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBart's syndrome is a combination of the following three criteria: congenital skin absence, blistering, and associated nail defects. We present a rare case of twins with Bart's syndrome, who were born with congenital absence of skin and developed blisters on the skin and mucous membrane on the following days. Twins are identically affected, which confirms the genetic basis of the syndrome.
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