What is causing this infant's febrile lethargy?

Brandon M Carius1, Rachel E Bridwell, Paul Rozman

  • 1Brandon M. Carius practices in emergency medicine at 121 Field Hospital, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea, and Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. Rachel E. Bridwell is a flight surgeon at 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Paul Rozman practices in head and neck surgery at the Cleveland (Ohio) Clinic Head and Neck Institute. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US. Army Medical Department, the US Army Office of the Surgeon General, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense or the US government.

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