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Case 22. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Followed by Thrombocytopenia and Anemia: Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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    Wan-Chun Lai & Yu-Chia Hsieh

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Lai, WC., Hsieh, YC., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 22. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Followed by Thrombocytopenia and Anemia: Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_22

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