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Report #2835838

Received Apr 11, 2025

Office visit
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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
1 yrs
State
MD
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Mar 17, 2025
Onset
Mar 23, 2025
Days to onset
6
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (4)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
HEPAHEP A (VAQTA)MERCK & CO. INC.1Y015027IM / LL
MMRMEASLES + MUMPS + RUBELLA (MMR II)MERCK & CO. INC.1Y008592IM / LL
PNC20PNEUMO (PREVNAR20)PFIZER\WYETH4LK6651IM / RL
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.1Y007176IM / RL

Symptoms (7)

Culture throat negativeInfluenza virus test negativePyrexiaRashRespiratory tract congestionSARS-CoV-2 test negativeStreptococcus test negative

Symptom narrative

Fever and congestion started 3/23/25 100.5F. He had PET placed monday 3/24/25. That evening he spiked fever 102.8F, up to 104.1F Tuesday 3/25/25. He was seen in office Wednesday 3/26/25 after having a fever 102.6. He had a rapid strep that was negative, throat culture ended up resulting negative as well. Rash developed as small red dots on back of neck/upper back on Wednesday. Thursday 3/27/25 the rash spread to his face - small red dots. Persistent fever 103.5F that day. The rash spread down over chest, back, torso and he developed red watery eyes. He was very fatigued, not eating well with decreased urine output. Then on Friday 3/28/25 he had a fever 102F and returned to office. In office rapid covid-19 and flu swabs were negative. Due to concerning timeline of rash, Measles oropharyngeal PCR and serum IgM were sent. The rash reached its peak on Saturday 3/29/25 which was his last day of fever 101F. On Monday 3/31/25 his measles PCR resulted positive, which was sent to the state health department who ran genotype testing and determined that it was vaccine type (not wild type measles virus) and the IgM resulted negative. His rash began to improve after 3/31/25.

Current illness

recurrent otitis media 2/12/25 - 2/18/25. bilateral ear tubes placed 3/24/25

Medical history

recurrent otitis media

Other medications

none

Allergies

none

Lab data

see above