Measles Rubeola

• Facts:
  Paramyxovirus
• History / PE:
  PRODROME
  Fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis
  
  RASH
  Maculopapular rash that spreads from head to feet
• Diagnosis:
  Leukopenia
  Lymphopenia
  Fourfold rise in hemagglutinin inhibition antibody titer
  
• Treatment:
  VITAMIN A
• Complications:
  Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  Vitamin A deficiency
  Bronchiectasis
  PNA
• Pneumonic:
  3 C's
  
  Cough
  Coryza
  Conjunctivitis
• Notes:
  Koplik spots (red spots with bluish-white specks on buccal membrane) are pathognomonic
• See Also:
  Viral exanthems