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Case 36. A 12-Year-Old Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, General Skin Rash Following a Preceding Minor Trauma Over Left Hip: Disseminated Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection

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    Yhu-Chering Huang

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

    Po-Yen Chen

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Huang, YC. (2023). Case 36. A 12-Year-Old Adolescent with Fever, Vomiting, General Skin Rash Following a Preceding Minor Trauma Over Left Hip: Disseminated Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_36

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