Causative organisms
—Paramyxovirus
Clinical features
- Fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis
- RASH
- Maculopapular rash that spreads from head to f
Diagnosis
- Leukopenia
- Lymphopenia
Fourfold rise in hemagglutinin inhibition antibody - A Complications:
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Bronchiectasis
- PNA
- A Pneumonic:
- Cough
- Coryza
- Conjunctivitis
A Notes : - Koplik spots (red spots with bluish-white specks
on buccal membrane) are pathognomonic