A Healthcare-Associated Infection With Monkeypox Virus of a Healthcare Worker During the 2022 Outbreak

Abstract

This article describes a case of healthcare-associated monkeypox infection in France during the 2022 outbreak. A female medical resident accidently pricked herself with a soiled subcutaneous needle used to harvest a vesicle of a patient infected by monkeypox virus and developed 4 days later a unique skin lesion, positive for monkeypox virus.