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Case Report

Acute epiglottitis caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a healthy infant

Jumpei Fujisawa1 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomokazu Mutoh1 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kengo Kawamura1 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nami Sawada2 Department of Acute Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Daisuke Ono3 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tetsuo Yamaguchi3 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Ichiro Morioka1 Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2063-2067 | Published online: 31 Oct 2018

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