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Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Answers

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  1. Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Neziha Celebi, Jessica Geer & Ewa Elenberg

  2. Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Jesus G. Vallejo

  3. Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Olive S. Eckstein

  4. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Jyotinder N. Punia

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Celebi, N., Vallejo, J.G., Eckstein, O.S. et al. Persistent fever in a pediatric renal transplant patient: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 34, 825–828 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-4130-0

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