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Case 30. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Diarrhea Followed by Progressive Abdominal Distention: Salmonella Enterocolitis Complicated with Toxic Megacolon

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  1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Wei-Hsuan Lin

  2. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

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  1. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

  2. Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ping-Ing Lee

  3. Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Po-Yen Chen

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Lin, WH., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 30. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Diarrhea Followed by Progressive Abdominal Distention: Salmonella Enterocolitis Complicated with Toxic Megacolon. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_30

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