The COVID-19 Mirage: A Young Biologist With an Atypical Presentation of a Zoonotic Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 has become one of the main causes of febrile illness among emergency department patients and is always a differential diagnosis to keep in mind. Nonetheless, some patients with a history of exposure, persistent fever, and suspicion of COVID-19 end up having entirely different etiologies. He...

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Autores principales: Chiriboga, Jose D, Garcia, Jonathan, Garcia, Daniel, Mena, Santiago, Leon-Rojas, Jose E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919211
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26493
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Sumario:COVID-19 has become one of the main causes of febrile illness among emergency department patients and is always a differential diagnosis to keep in mind. Nonetheless, some patients with a history of exposure, persistent fever, and suspicion of COVID-19 end up having entirely different etiologies. Here, we present the case of a 29-year-old male biologist with an uncommon presentation of a zoonotic disease, characterized by unspecific signs and symptoms, which led to a delayed diagnosis, causing significant emotional distress in the patient. We also coin the term “COVID-19 Mirage," to serve as a constant reminder for clinicians of the effect that COVID-19 has caused on the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown etiology.

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