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Case 4. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever for 10 Days and Lethargy: Tuberculous Meningitis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan

    Ming-Han Tsai

  2. Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Ming-Han Tsai

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

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    Ping-Ing Lee

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

    Po-Yen Chen

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Tsai, MH., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 4. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever for 10 Days and Lethargy: Tuberculous Meningitis. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_4

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