Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Acute myelitis as presentation of a reemerging disease: measles

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Neurological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Bi-annual measles and rubella monitoring report, October 2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2017. Available from: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/Biannual%20measles%20rubella%20monitoring-OCT-2017.pdf

  2. Amendola A, Bubba L, Piralla A et al (2015) Surveillance and vaccination coverage of measles and rubella in Northern Italy. Hum VaccinImmunother 11(1):206–213

    Google Scholar 

  3. Perry RT, Halsey N (2004) The clinical significance of measles: a review. J Infect Dis 189(Suppl 1):S4–S16

  4. Buchanan R, Bonthius DJ (2012 Sep) Measles virus and associated central nervous system sequelae. Semin Pediatr Neurol 19(3):107–114

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Rafat C, Klouche K, Ricard JD, Messika J, Roch A, Machado S, Sonneville R, Guisset O, Pujol W, Guérin C, Teboul JL, Mrozek N, Darmon M, Chemouni F, Schmidt M, Mercier E, Dreyfuss D, Gaudry S (2013) Severe measles infection: the spectrum of disease in 36 critically ill adult patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 92:257–272

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Baba Y, Tsuboi Y, Inoue H, Yamada T, Wszolek ZK, Broderick DF (2006) Acute measles encephalitis in adults. J Neurol 253(1):121–124

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Neurology Department and Stroke Unit, Hospital of Desio, ASST Monza, Via Mazzini, 1, 20832, Desio, MB, Italy

    I. Colombo, E. Forapani, C. Spreafico & I. Santilli

  2. Neuroradiology Service, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Via G. B. Pergolesi, 33, 20900, Monza, MB, Italy

    C. Capraro

Authors
  1. I. Colombo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. E. Forapani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. Spreafico
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. C. Capraro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. I. Santilli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to I. Colombo.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Colombo, I., Forapani, E., Spreafico, C. et al. Acute myelitis as presentation of a reemerging disease: measles. Neurol Sci 39, 1617–1619 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3416-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3416-0

Search

Navigation