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Recurrent high fever with macular papules in an elderly male: a case report

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  1. Dalian Medical University, DalianLiaoning, 116044, China

    Ying Wang & Jiali Xiong

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China

    Ping Geng, Bingyu Ling, Huihui Wang & Jiyang Xu

  3. Department of gastroenterology, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, 225001, Yangzhou, China

    Jian Yin

  4. Department of pathology, Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, 225001, Yangzhou, China

    Qin Xiao

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Wang, Y., Geng, P., Yin, J. et al. Recurrent high fever with macular papules in an elderly male: a case report. Immunol Res 69, 612–617 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12026-021-09227-y

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