A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics

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 mi...

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Main Authors: Doğa Lüleyap, Ayşe Berna Anıl, Pınar Küllüoğlu, Çapan Konca, Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık, Gülnihan Üstündağ, Barış Güven, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
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Online Access: http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-of-measles-nitially-diagnosed-as-ms-c-in-th/58835
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author Doğa Lüleyap
Ayşe Berna Anıl
Pınar Küllüoğlu
Çapan Konca
Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık
Gülnihan Üstündağ
Barış Güven
Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan
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Ayşe Berna Anıl
Pınar Küllüoğlu
Çapan Konca
Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık
Gülnihan Üstündağ
Barış Güven
Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-55a31679cd904b5da2da9aac7ac3027e2023-03-13T06:22:57ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine2146-23992148-73322023-04-01101576110.4274/cayd.galenos.2022.2574313049054A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 PandemicsDoğa Lüleyap0Ayşe Berna Anıl1Pınar Küllüoğlu2Çapan Konca3Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık4Gülnihan Üstündağ5Barış Güven6Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan7 University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, İzmir, Turkey İzmir Katip Çelebi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Intensive Care, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Child Health and Diseases, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Infection, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology, İzmir, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Infection, İzmir, Turkey 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. http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-of-measles-nitially-diagnosed-as-ms-c-in-th/58835 measlescovid-19mis-cpediatric intensive carepneumonia
spellingShingle Doğa Lüleyap
Ayşe Berna Anıl
Pınar Küllüoğlu
Çapan Konca
Fadiye Gökmen Uyanık
Gülnihan Üstündağ
Barış Güven
Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan
A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
measles
covid-19
mis-c
pediatric intensive care
pneumonia
title A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
title_full A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
title_fullStr A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
title_short A Case of Measles Initially Diagnosed as MIS-C in the COVID-19 Pandemics
title_sort case of measles initially diagnosed as mis c in the covid 19 pandemics
topic measles
covid-19
mis-c
pediatric intensive care
pneumonia
url http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-of-measles-nitially-diagnosed-as-ms-c-in-th/58835
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