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A pitfall of cognitive bias during the pandemic: Two cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria coinfected or misdiagnosed with COVID-19

We report two the cases of patients with imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria during the COVID-19 pandemic. One was coinfected with COVID-19 and the other was misdiagnosed with COVID-19; either way, the diagnosis of malaria was delayed. These cases suggest that physicians should beware of cognitiv...

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Autores principales: Mito, Haruki, Hase, Ryota, Ueda, Hideki, Tsuyama, Nobuaki, Fujii, Motoki, Matsuda, Naoya, Muranaka, Emiri, Kurita, Takashi, Yano, Yudai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, and Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37217004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2023.05.016