Measles

Measles is reemerging, with cases and outbreaks increasing across the United States and other countries where measles had previously been eliminated. Most U.S. physicians have no experience with treating measles. However, the increasing likelihood of encountering not only children but also adults with measles requires a clinical review of the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and management of this previously uncommon infection for general internal medicine physicians and hospitalists who care for adults in settings with measles reemergence. Prompt clinical suspicion, infection control measures, and notification of public health departments support timely diagnosis and disease control.