Viral infectious diseases: Specialist perspectives on learning about diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Viral infectious diseases: Specialist perspectives on learning about diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Analysis of the BMJ Best Practice clinical decision support resources on infectious diseases shows that clinical features remain paramount in learning about the diagnosis of infectious disease, and elicitation of risk factors (including travel history) are an important part of the clinical history. Diagnosis is important in and of itself but is also important as a step toward notification, public health surveillance, and infection control measures. The differential diagnosis and coinfection are important considerations when learning how to diagnose infectious diseases as is the precise phase or stage of the disease in question.
Walsh K. Viral infectious diseases: Specialist perspectives on learning about diagnosis and differential diagnosis. Education in the Health Professions. 2018 Apr 1;1(2):41.