Measles pneumonitis following measles-mumps-rubella vaccination of a patient with HIV infection, 1993

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996 Jul 19;45(28):603-6.

Abstract

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) for all persons asymptomatically infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and recommends that MMR be considered for all symptomatic HIV-infected persons who would otherwise be eligible for measles vaccine, because measles virus infection can cause severe illness and death in such persons. Serious or unusual adverse events in HIV-infected persons after receiving MMR have not been reported previously. This report summarizes the investigation of a case of progressive vaccine-associated measles pneumonitis in a person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and provides interim recommendations for the use of measles-containing vaccine among HIV-infected persons.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Measles / etiology*
  • Measles / immunology
  • Measles Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Measles virus / isolation & purification
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
  • Mumps Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / etiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
  • Rubella Vaccine / adverse effects*
  • Vaccines, Combined / adverse effects

Substances

  • Measles Vaccine
  • Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
  • Mumps Vaccine
  • Rubella Vaccine
  • Vaccines, Combined