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Case 48. A 4-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Diarrhea, Followed by Abdominal Distention and an Ulcer-Like Skin Lesion: Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis (Shanghai Fever)

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    Chih-Hsien Chuang

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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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Chuang, CH. (2023). Case 48. A 4-Month-Old Infant with Fever, Diarrhea, Followed by Abdominal Distention and an Ulcer-Like Skin Lesion: Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis (Shanghai Fever). In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_48

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