DOES MEASLES BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM AGAIN? MEASLES THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CHILDREN’S INFECTIOUS DISEASES CLINIC OF SIBIU
Abstract:
The deficiencies of measles vaccination led to the appearance of multiple cases of measles all
around the world during the last four years, accompanied by complications, by prolonged hospitalization
or by death. The aim of our study was to assess the cases of the Infectious Diseases Clinic from Sibiu,
Romania. A prospective study was conducted between 2016 – 2017, study which includes 101 cases of
measles, analyzing them in terms of demographic, clinical evolution, complications and treatment aspects.
We enrolled 50 infants, 31 cases of children aged between 1-4 year old, 12 between 4-9 years old and 8
were older than 9. 63 cases were treated with antibiotics, 70 cases with corticoids. As a lack of measles
vaccination in Romania during the last 10 years, the most affected were children younger than 4 years old
were. It was predictable that the infants would be the main target of this disease.
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