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MEASLESTREANTIB
(MEASLESTREANTIB)
Child's measles treated by: Antibiotics
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Description
For young children who ever had measles, MEASLESTREANTIB indicates whether the illness was treated by antibiotics. Though measles is a viral infection that antibiotics cannot cure, it can lead to secondary bacterial infections (such as bacterial pneumonia) that would be treated by antibiotics.
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