Pauline Chalamet: Italian dude becomes first person to simultaneously test positive for all the ‘Schlong Diseases’

Italian man, 36, becomes the first person to simultaneously test positive for monkeypox, Covid and HIV

An Italian male, 36, developed symptoms 9 days after returning from Spain
The man spent 5 days from 16-20 June on holiday, where he had unprotected sex
On July 2 he tested positive for Covid, followed by monkeypox and then HIV

Scientists have reported the first known case of a person testing positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV at the same time.

Earlier this year, a 36-year-old Italian male began to develop a series of symptoms — including fatigue, fever, and a sore throat — nine days after returning from a trip to Spain.

The man, who has not been identified, spent five days in Spain from 16 to 20 June 2022 during which he admitted to having unprotected sex with men.

On July 2, the man tested positive for Covid, according to a case study report published in the Journal of Infection.

On the afternoon of the same day, a rash started to develop on his left arm. The following day, small, painful vesicles surrounded by a rash appeared on the man’s torso, lower limbs, face and glutes.

By July 5, the vesicles had further spread and evolved into pustules – small bumps on the skin – at which point the man went to the emergency department at the San Marco University Hospital in Catania, Italy and was subsequently transferred to the Infectious Diseases unit.

There, he was tested for monkeypox and subsequently returned a positive result.

The patient was also screened for multiple STIs. He tested positive for HIV-1, and the researchers said that ‘given his preserved CD4 count, we could assume that the infection was relatively recent.’

The patient had taken an HIV test in September 2021 and returned a negative result.

After recovering from Covid-19 and monkeypox, the patient was discharged from hospital on July 11 and sent home to isolate.
By this stage, his skin lesions had healed, after crusting over, leaving a small scar.

‘This case highlights how monkeypox and Covid-19 symptoms may overlap, and corroborates how in case of co-infection, anamnestic collection and sexual habits are crucial to perform the correct diagnosis,’ the researchers, from the University of Catania, said in their case report.

‘To note, the monkeypox oropharyngeal swab was still positive after 20 days, suggesting that these individuals may still be contagious for several days after clinical remission,’ the report said.

‘Consequently, physicians should encourage appropriate precautions.’

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But within three days the skin on his nose started to die and turn black, leaving him with a painful, swollen scab.

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Around the same time white pus-filled spots developed across his entire body, which were particularly bad on his penis and around his mouth.

A PCR test confirmed he was infected with monkeypox and he was taken to hospital and given a course of antiviral medication.

Further tests revealed the patient, who was not named, also had undiagnosed syphilis and HIV. He told medics he had never been tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) before.