A healthcare provider unknowingly treated a patient with mpox and subsequently developed ocular mpox without rash. She breastfed during illness; her infant was not infected. This report addresses 3 challenges in mpox management and control: diagnosis in the absence of rash, exposures in healthcare settings, and management of lactating patients.
Keywords: breastfeeding; infection control; mpox; occupational exposure; severe disease.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2024.