Measles in its Malignant form in a 12-Year-Old Girl Immunosuppressed by HIV at the University Hospital of Brazzaville
- 1 Marien Ngoabi University, Congo
- 2 Pediatry Unit, Congo
- 3 Infectious Disease Unit, Congo
Abstract
Measles is an eruptive and febrile disease that affects unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children, thus undermining the who-wanted goal of elimination. Its diagnosis is most often clinical and facilitated by the appearance of a maculopapulus rash associated with at least one element of the naso-oculo-respiratory catarrh in a context of no vaccination. Favourable in the absence of complications, the disease is formidable in its malignant form especially when it occurs in an immune-depressed field especially by HIV. The only cost-effective measure to prevent this disease, in the absence of a contraindication, remains vaccination.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2020.40.43
Copyright: © 2020 Ossibi Ibara Bienvenu Rolland, Adoua Doukaga Tatia, Moyen Engoba Mami, Ekat Martin, Angonga Pabota Ella, Ekouya Bowassa Gaston, Okoko Annie Rachelle, Mabiala Babela Jean Robert and Mbika Cardorelle Aurore. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Measles
- HIV
- Malignant
- CHU
- Brazzaville