Finelli Pasquale F
Department of Neurology, Hartford Hospital and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT.
Neurologist. 2018 Jul;23(4):138-140. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000186.
Diagnostic error is an increasing health care concern. An intravenous drug abuser with chronic meningitis died after a prolonged hospitalization from fungal meningitis diagnosed at autopsy. We examine the diagnostic pitfalls and consider how a computer-assisted diagnostic system may influence the outcome of an otherwise fatal condition.