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From the Case Records of Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital: An Unusual Infection Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

S Balasubramanian, Kuppusamy Dhanalakshmi, Silky Agarwal, Sabapathy L Raj

Citation Information : Balasubramanian S, Dhanalakshmi K, Agarwal S, Raj SL. From the Case Records of Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital: An Unusual Infection Presenting as Pyrexia of Unknown Origin. Pediatr Inf Dis 2019; 1 (4):174-178.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10081-1231

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 03-10-2020

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2019; The Author(s).


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