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Presentation of Case

A 21-week-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of fever.

The infant had been born by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 37-year-old nulliparous woman after a full-term, uncomplicated pregnancy. The mother had endometritis after delivery. The infant's birth weight was 2840 g. All immunizations were up to date, and growth and development were normal.

The infant was well until two weeks before admission (four weeks after having started to attend a day-care program), when fever developed. She was given acetaminophen, but her temperature rose to 38.3°C during the next several days. Ten days before admission a pediatrician found . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. Craig A. Peters's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnosis

References

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