A 5 year-old healthy male presented to the emergency department with his father with a chief complaint of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Fever was his first symptom. It started one week prior to presentation and was persistent over the course of the week. His highest temperature was 103.7 °F. Fevers occurred daily despite treatment with antipyretics. After his fever developed, he started having 4-5 daily episodes of watery diarrhea. Dad noted blood in the diarrhea only once. He complained of generalized abdominal pain when having bowel movements…

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