Measles in a Patient with Presumed Immunity - Los Angeles County 2015.

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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Oct 9;64(39):1123. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6439a8.

Measles in a Patient with Presumed Immunity - Los Angeles County 2015.

Kamali A Bagchi CP Mendoza E Wilson D Schwartz B Mascola L.

Abstract

On February 14 2015 patient A aged 17 years was seen in an emergency department for evaluation of reactive airway disease. In the waiting room at the same time were two siblings aged 6 months presenting with fever and rash; these two children (patients B and C) were later confirmed to have measles. Patient A began a 5-day course of oral prednisone (50 mg per day); however symptoms continued and patient A returned to the emergency department the next day and received 125 mg of intravenous (IV) methylprednisolone. Patient A had documentation of receipt of 2 doses of measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at ages 12 months and 4 years.

 

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