A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
| Autor: | Doğa Lüleyap, Ayşe Berna Anıl, Pınar Küllüoğlu, Çapan Konca, Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık, Gülnihan Üstündağ, Barış Güven, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 57-61 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2146-2399 2148-7332 |
| DOI: | 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2022.25743 |
| Popis: | Fever and rash are a common symptom combination in children. Etiological studies are carried out primarily for the most common diseases. For this reason, in the period of the new Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, especially COVID-19-related multi-inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) comes to mind in children with this combination. Measles infection was detected in an 18-monthold Syrian girl who was hospitalized with the diagnosis of fever, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, maculopapular rash during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The case died with pneumonia and septic shock. With this case, we wanted to emphasize that during the COVID-19 pandemic, and measles should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of MIS-C in cases with fever, maculopapular rash and conjunctivitis. |
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