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

Ihara Shiichi | Zendy; Shikino Kiyoshi | Zendy; Ikusaka Masatomi | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Ihara Shiichi,

Shikino Kiyoshi,

Ikusaka Masatomi

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of general and family medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2189-7948

DOI - 10.1002/jgf2.474

Subject(s) - medicine , scrub typhus , maculopapular rash , eschar , rash , outpatient clinic , physical examination , trunk , dermatology , surgery , pathology , ecology , biology

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.

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