Severe measles encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent japanese young male

Yoshikazu Mutoh; Yuya Kano; Takuya Oguri; Hideki Kato; Takumi Umemura; Chihiro Norizuki; Toshihiko Ichihara; Hiroyuki Yuasa

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.5362-20

Severe measles encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent japanese young male

Yoshikazu Mutoh
, Yuya Kano
, Takuya Oguri
, Hideki Kato
, Takumi Umemura
, Chihiro Norizuki
, Toshihiko Ichihara
, Hiroyuki Yuasa

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Measles encephalitis rarely affects young adults and has no established treatment strategy. This brief report described the rare case of an immunocompetent 30-year-old man with severe measles pneumonia and encephalitis, following the autoimmune disease acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, during a large measles outbreak in 2018 in Japan. With multidisciplinary treatments, including corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins, vitamin A, and therapeutic plasma exchange, the patient was successfully treated. This case provides a new strategy for treating measles encephalitis and its complications during measles outbreak.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1971-1976
Number of pages	6
Journal	Internal Medicine
Volume	60
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5362-20
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Severe measles encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent japanese young male

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