A case of availability bias for COVID‐19 causing scrub typhus diagnostic errors

Although patients with scrub typhus develop a maculopapular rash all over the body, patients with COVID‐19 may also show a similar rash. At the first visit, we did not fully inspect his trunk and extremities under his clothes. Although scrub typhus and COVID‐19 have some similar symptoms, an eschar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ihara, Shiichi, Shikino, Kiyoshi, Ikusaka, Masatomi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8426818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34518788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.474
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Sumario:Although patients with scrub typhus develop a maculopapular rash all over the body, patients with COVID‐19 may also show a similar rash. At the first visit, we did not fully inspect his trunk and extremities under his clothes. Although scrub typhus and COVID‐19 have some similar symptoms, an eschar is a characteristic symptom of the former, and careful inspection is important to distinguish between the diseases.[Image: see text]

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