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Severe thrombocytopenia in a child with typhoid fever: a case report

BACKGROUND: Although thrombocytopenia is common in typhoid fever, its course, response to treatment, and need for specific therapies such as platelet transfusion are not well characterized. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of typhoid fever in a 4-year-old Asian male returned traveler, admitted wi...

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Autores principales: Al Reesi, Mohammed, Stephens, Glenn, McMullan, Brendan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5134245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27906062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-1138-6