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Hanft E, Brachio S, Messina M, et al. Congenital Measles in a Premature 25-week Gestation Infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021;40(8):753-755doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003152.
Hanft, E., Brachio, S., Messina, M., Zachariah, P., Sutton, D., Goffman, D., Pike, J., Covington, L., Graham, K. A., Crouch, B., Adams, E., Ahmad, N., Rausch-Phung, E., Southwick, K., Bryant, P., Fuschino, M., Khandekar, A., Kulas, K., & Saiman, L. (2021). Congenital Measles in a Premature 25-week Gestation Infant. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 40(8), 753-755. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003152
Hanft, Erin, et al. "Congenital Measles in a Premature 25-week Gestation Infant." The Pediatric infectious disease journal vol. 40,8 (2021): 753-755. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003152
Hanft E, Brachio S, Messina M, Zachariah P, Sutton D, Goffman D, Pike J, Covington L, Graham KA, Crouch B, Adams E, Ahmad N, Rausch-Phung E, Southwick K, Bryant P, Fuschino M, Khandekar A, Kulas K, Saiman L. Congenital Measles in a Premature 25-week Gestation Infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Aug 01;40(8):753-755. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003152. PMID: 34250975.
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Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Aug 01;40(8):753-755. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003152.

Congenital Measles in a Premature 25-week Gestation Infant.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Erin Hanft, Sandhya Brachio, Maria Messina, Philip Zachariah, Desmond Sutton, Dena Goffman, Janett Pike, Lesley Covington, Krishika A Graham, Bindy Crouch, Eleanor Adams, Nina Ahmad, Elizabeth Rausch-Phung, Karen Southwick, Patrick Bryant, Meghan Fuschino, Anagha Khandekar, Karen Kulas, Lisa Saiman

Affiliations

  1. From the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
  3. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York.
  4. New York State Department of Health, Albany.
  5. Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York. Erin Hanft, MD is currently at New York University Langone Health, New York, New York.

PMID: 34250975 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003152

Abstract

We describe a premature infant with congenital measles. Laboratory testing confirmed measles in the mother (polymerase chain reaction- and IgM-positive) and congenital measles in the infant (polymerase chain reaction-positive, culture-positive and IgM-positive). The infant never developed a rash, pneumonia, or neurologic complications. This case supports using compatible laboratory findings to diagnose congenital measles in infants without clinical manifestations of measles.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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