Infectious Diseases & Immunology
An 18-month-old child presents to the emergency center having had
a brief, generalized tonic clonic seizure. He is now postictal and has a temperature of 40°C (104°F). During the lumbar puncture (which proves to be
normal), he has a large, watery stool that has both blood and mucus in it.
The most likely diagnosis in this patient is
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