{"title":"The important role of skin biopsies in the diagnosis of mpox","authors":"Wun-Ju Shieh","doi":"10.1002/ila2.29","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Skin biopsy is an important, efficient, and safe procedure for diagnosing infectious dermatopathy, including mpox. An optimal approach of laboratory diagnosis of mpox should include obtaining a skin punch biopsy from pertinent lesions for pathologic evaluation in addition to conventional swab or scrap for molecular testing.\n <figure>\n <div><picture>\n <source></source></picture><p></p>\n </div>\n </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":100656,"journal":{"name":"iLABMED","volume":"1 3","pages":"143-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ila2.29","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"iLABMED","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ila2.29","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Skin biopsy is an important, efficient, and safe procedure for diagnosing infectious dermatopathy, including mpox. An optimal approach of laboratory diagnosis of mpox should include obtaining a skin punch biopsy from pertinent lesions for pathologic evaluation in addition to conventional swab or scrap for molecular testing.