"Premature Closure. It is something we all suffer from, and I find it more of a problem as I get older. In my own case, I tend not to think beyond the infectious disease differential diagnosis. Not everything, unfortunately, is due to an infection, and I occasionally have to force myself to consider diseases outside of ID.
There are other forms of premature closure, or at least of not considering diseases outside a narrow differential. It happens all the time when patients return from overseas travel. The infection must be a disease found in the country the patient has just returned from, not considering the presenation may be something more mundane and acquired closer to home. "
There are other forms of premature closure, or at least of not considering diseases outside a narrow differential. It happens all the time when patients return from overseas travel. The infection must be a disease found in the country the patient has just returned from, not considering the presenation may be something more mundane and acquired closer to home. "
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