A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics COVID-19 Pandemisinde MİS-C ile Karışan Bir Kızamık Olgusu
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine(Turkey), cilt.10, sa.1, ss.57-61, 2023 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2022.25743
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine(Turkey)
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57-61
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Measles, COVID-19, MIS-C, pediatric intensive care, pneumonia
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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-month-old 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.