Follow-up: Measles death in Washington, What is Giant cell pneumonia?
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1BDFP)
In a follow-up report to the first measles death recorded in the US since 2003, the Seattle Times, through death records, identified the victim as 28-year-old, Catherine J. Montantes of Port Angeles. She died last April and was publicly announced in July. The measles infection wasn't detected until after an autopsy. She suffered from a rare inflammatory myopathy, ["]