Measles in children with HIV infection: report of five cases

AUTOR(ES)

Carvalho, Vânia de, Marinoni, Leide Parolin, Martins, Luzilma Flenick, Taniguchi, Kerstin, Cruz, Cristina Rodrigues da, Bertogna, Jeanine, Fillus Neto, José

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003-10

RESUMO

Patients with AIDS have a high incidence of skin problems due to the immunosuppression and malnourishment that are inherent to the progression of this disease. Clinical manifestation of these skin lesions and their severity are different in AIDS patients. We made a prospective study of five cases of measles in children with HIV infection during a community outbreak, and there were typical as well as atypical forms of the disease, including one case with negative serology. There were pulmonary complications, but none of the patients died. The anti-retroviral treatment may have contributed to the decrease in measles morbidity in these pediatric AIDS patients.

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