MONKEY POX DURING THE 2022 OUTBREAK: A FATAL CASE REPORT IN THE NORTH WEST REGION OF CAMEROON

Authors

  • Nchindo Kindong P-M. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Cameroon Author
  • Nkoro G. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical, University of Yaounde I, Cameroun Author
  • Cho J. Dermatology Department, Yaounde Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroun Author
  • Defo Defo Dermatology Department, Central Hospital Yaounde, Cameroon Author
  • Angwafor S. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Cameroon Author
  • Mambap A. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Cameroon Author
  • Nsame D. Internal Medicine Department, Regional Hospital Bamenda, Cameroon Author
  • Kouotou E. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical, University of Yaounde I, Cameroun Author

Keywords:

monkey pox, umbilicated rash, Cameroon

Abstract

Cameroon registered a total of nine cases of monkeypox disease following the 2022 multi-country outbreak that began Democratic Republic of Congo. Two cases have been registered in the conict stricken North West region, with one being fatal which we shall be presenting. We report the case of a 76-year-old patient, hunter, living in Batibo in the Northwest region of Cameroon. He presented at the Regional Hospital Bamenda in 2024 with multiple umbilicated, conuent vesiculo-pustular lesions on the face, torso, scrotum
and limbs involving the palms and feet, associated with multiple inguinal lymphadenopathies in a febrile context evolving for two weeks. Mpox clade 2 was conrmed by RT-PCR on skin swap. Evolution was fatal by the 9th day when he rapidly became pyrexic
again, associated with altered level of consciousness, stiffness and then died, despite meningeal dose antibiotics and anti-tetanus serum administered.

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Published

30.11.2025

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): African Annals of Health Sciences. Vol. 1. Issue 2. 2025

Section

Case Reports