<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The infectious disease of measles is becoming a rarity in the member states of the European Union. After the implementation of the mandatory immunization calendar, cases of measles among children rarely encounter while those that have been registered usually pass lightly and without any significant complications. We present two cases of a measles-type infection with a fatal outcome for two children - 4 and 11 years of age respectively - who had not been immunized by the time of the event and who developed an unfolding clinical picture with the respective complications. In a number of countries in the European Union (as well as within some ethnical groups, the Roma population included), standard-type vaccinations may appear to be problematic. The most frequently encountered complications, resulting from such “blunders”, are pneumonia and encephalitis but controlling the clinical symptoms is not always possible because of: 1) late medical intervention due to the poor knowledge ability of the respective ethnical group (overdue contact with the specialized medical personnel), as well as 2) the superposed bacterial infections which unmask the initial diagnosis. Obtaining a clear picture of the symptoms in such patients is difficult. In the rare cases, when the therapy is rewarded with some success, patients remain partial or permanent invalids because of the irreversible damage to the brain and/or the functions of the lungs.</p></abstract>

The infectious disease of measles is becoming a rarity in the member states of the European Union. After the implementation of the mandatory immunization calendar, cases of measles among children rarely encounter while those that have been registered usually pass lightly and without any significant complications. We present two cases of a measles-type infection with a fatal outcome for two children - 4 and 11 years of age respectively - who had not been immunized by the time of the event and who developed an unfolding clinical picture with the respective complications. In a number of countries in the European Union (as well as within some ethnical groups, the Roma population included), standard-type vaccinations may appear to be problematic. The most frequently encountered complications, resulting from such “blunders”, are pneumonia and encephalitis but controlling the clinical symptoms is not always possible because of: 1) late medical intervention due to the poor knowledge ability of the respective ethnical group (overdue contact with the specialized medical personnel), as well as 2) the superposed bacterial infections which unmask the initial diagnosis. Obtaining a clear picture of the symptoms in such patients is difficult. In the rare cases, when the therapy is rewarded with some success, patients remain partial or permanent invalids because of the irreversible damage to the brain and/or the functions of the lungs.

Measles Induced Death in Eastеrn Europe

Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Medical Faculty, Trakia University – Stara Zagora

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Trakia University – Stara Zagora

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Trakia University - Stara Zagora

Onkoderma Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery – Sofia, Bulgaria

Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Lozenetz Academic Educational Hospital of The Saint Kliment Ohridski University – Sofia

Department of Dermatology & Allergology, Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University – Dresden, Germany

Acta Medica Bulgarica

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The infectious disease of measles is becoming a rarity in the member states of the European Union. After the implementation of the mandatory immunization...

Measles Induced Death in Eastеrn Europe

Pubblicato online: 06 feb 2015

Pagine: 80 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2014-0025

Parole chiave
measles, immunization, pneumonia, lethal outcome

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Measles Induced Death in Eastеrn Europe

Pubblicato online: 06 feb 2015

Pagine: 80 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2014-0025

Parole chiavemeasles, immunization, pneumonia, lethal outcome

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
measles, immunization, pneumonia, lethal outcome