Severe Pneumonitis in Omani Infants During An In-Hospital Measles Outbreak: A report of three cases

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease. Despite aggressive national initiatives to eradicate measles, outbreaks have occurred in recent years. We report three infants who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, in 2019 with measles and then developed pneumonitis, received i...

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Autores principales: Al-Hashmi, Samiya, Al-Mukhaini, Kholoud, Shaikh, Samiuddin, ElKhamisy, Ahmad, Al Tahir, Nuha, Al Maskari, Nawal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8904116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35299806
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.063
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Sumario:Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease. Despite aggressive national initiatives to eradicate measles, outbreaks have occurred in recent years. We report three infants who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman, in 2019 with measles and then developed pneumonitis, received intensive care treatment and made full recoveries. Infants can have an atypical presentation and develop severe symptoms. Pneumonitis is a serious complication and the management strategies are controversial. The early detection of measles and isolation of affected individuals play major roles in the elimination of measles outbreaks.

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