Severe Measles-Related Pneumonia in Children Treated with Steroid-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Severe Measles-Related Pneumonia in Children Treated with Steroid

Published:2020-04-21 Issue:06 Volume:15 Page:312-313
ISSN:1305-7707
Container-title:Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Author:

Alanazi Aeshah¹,Otayn Bashaer²,Al Fawaz Tariq S.²

Affiliation:

1. Ministry of Health, Alyamamah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

AbstractMeasles still remains one of the major causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. It is a highly contagious viral illness with worldwide occurrence. In spite of a highly vaccinated population, a measles outbreak still occurred in Saudi Arabia in 2019, mainly in the northern regions. Measles-related pneumonia (MRP) is the commonest cause of death in children with measles. In this study, we described two cases of severe MRP in children, who were successfully treated with steroid during the 2019 outbreak.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Link

http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0040-1709149.pdf

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