title: Fatal measles presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome in an immunocompetent adult.
abstract: Fatal measles is known to occur among immunocompromised adults. We report a rare case of an immunocompetent non-pregnant young lady who suffered from fatal acute respiratory distress syndrome due to measles. Physicians must be vigilant to this deadly presentation of measles even in immunocompetent individuals. We emphasise the inadequacies of vaccination programmes in India reflected not only by the existing high measles-related childhood mortalities, but also an emerging rise in deaths among adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Suman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Karanth
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Krishna Chaitanya
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Marupudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fortis Memorial Hospital, Gurgaon, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nileshwar Radhakrishna
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Rau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007194:India; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014611:Vaccination; D055815:Young Adult