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Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection in a child with HIV infection

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  1. Fang Long and Ting Li contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sichuan Provincial Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, The Affiliated Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan Province, China

    Fang Long

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Ludaopei Hospital, Beijing, 100176, China

    Ting Li

  3. Department of Clinical Laboratory, The District People’s Hospital of Zhangqiu, Jinan, 250200, Shandong Province, China

    Yun Zhang

  4. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xi’an Children’s Hospital, Xi’an, 710002, Shaanxi Province, China

    Xiaopeng Gao

  5. Department of Hematology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China

    Xingqin Huang

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All authors contributed to the paper conception and design. Clinical and histological data were collected by Fang Long, Yun Zhang, and Xiaopeng Gao. Histological diagnosis and study design were performed by·Xingqin Huang. The draft of the manuscript was written by Ting Li, and all authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Long, F., Li, T., Zhang, Y. et al. Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection in a child with HIV infection. J Hematopathol 16, 181–183 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12308-023-00551-w

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