Measles is a disease that was considered as relegated to medical history, since an extremely efficient vaccine had been developed. However, in Switzerland and elsewhere there has been an increasing number of epidemics in the past years, and the highest number of new cases this year. Based on two clinical cases showing very different outcomes, we discuss the disease, its clinic, complications, management, and the challenges remaining in obtaining a sufficient vaccination coverage worldwide as well as in our country.
La rougeole est une maladie que l'on pensait pouvoir reléguer aux annales de la médecine, suite au développement d'un vaccin efficace. On assiste pourtant à une recrudescence d'épidémies en Suisse comme ailleurs, avec un nombre record de cas cette année. Sur la base de deux cas montrant des décours très différents, nous discutons la maladie, sa clinique, ses complications, sa prise en charge et les défis que pose encore la réalisation d'une couverture vaccinale efficace au niveau régional comme global.
Exanthema/etiology , Measles/epidemiology , Measles/prevention & control , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Measles/complications , Measles/therapy , Measles Vaccine , Switzerland/epidemiology , Vaccination/statistics & numerical data
