RESUMO

Severe complicated measles has a high mortality rate and no specific treatment. Ten patients with complicated measles - 9 infants with respiratory failure and a 15 year old boy with encephalitis - received immunotherapy with Non-specific Transfer Factor (NTF). The patients had variable degrees of undernourishment and were severely ill when immunotherapy was started. 8/9 cases with respiratory failure were cured. One died of bronchoaspiration while recovering from the measles. The case with encephalitis showed no neurological sequelae two weeks after receiving the last dose of NTF. Treatment of complicated measles with NTF in these patients seemed very effective and deserves further trial.

Assuntos

Imunoterapia , Sarampo/terapia , Fator de Transferência/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Infecções Bacterianas/complicações , Candidíase Bucal/complicações , Varicela/complicações , Pré-Escolar , Encefalite Viral/terapia , Encefalite Viral/virologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imunidade Celular , Lactente , Masculino , Sarampo/complicações , Meningoencefalite/terapia , Meningoencefalite/virologia , Distúrbios Nutricionais/complicações , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Insuficiência Respiratória/virologia