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
Materias:
Case Report
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
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Sumario: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 cognitive biases during pandemics and carefully evaluate febrile patients. Malaria should be considered in any febrile patient returning from a malaria-endemic area.

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