Author contributions
Victor M. Wauye: Conceptualization, data curation, formal
analysis, investigation, methodology, project administration,
visualization, writing – original draft, and writing – review &
editing. Evangeline Njiru: Conceptualization, investigation,
methodology, project administration, supervision, validation,
visualization, and writing – review & editing. Angela K.
Amadi: Investigation, methodology, project administration, and writing
– review & editing.
Mildred N. Hagembe: investigation, methodology, project
administration, and writing – review & editing. Gabriel
Kigen: Supervision, validation, visualization, and writing – review &
editing.
Acknowledgements: The authors thank all the staff who actively
participated in the management of the case. They also thank the patient
and family members for allowing their case to be published.
Ethics approval: Permitted by the Moi University Institutional
Review and Ethics Committee, Reference: IREC/723/2023, and approval
number: 0004646.
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