Doctors had this diagnosis licked
A course of antibiotics proved fruitful
When a young girl presented to a paediatric clinic with a bumpy, swollen tongue, it sowed the seeds of suspicion for a bacterial infection.
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The five-year-old had a three-day history of fever, sore throat and painful swallowing.
On examination, doctors noted dry mucous membranes, anterior cervical lymphadenopathy and 
