Measles or Not Measles? That Is the Question!

Open Forum Infect Dis

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.

Published: August 2020

We present a diagnostically challenging case of a patient who presented with fever and rash during a measles outbreak. The diagnosis was complicated by the interpretation of the results of serological tests, which resulted in implementation of major preventive measures in the hospital. The patient was later confirmed to have murine typhus.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423290PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa311DOI Listing

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