Researchers and research funders aiming to improve diagnosis seek to identify if, when,
where, and how earlier diagnosis is possible. This has led to the propagation of research …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable infectious disease that confers significant morbidity,
mortality, and psychosocial challenges. As TB incidence in the United States (US) …

Histoplasmosis is often confused with other diseases leading to diagnostic delays. We
estimated the incidence, length of, and risk factors for, diagnostic delays associated with …

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate patterns of health care utilization
leading up to diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections of the genitalia and to identify risk …

Background Delays in diagnosing herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) are associated with
increased morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this paper is to determine the frequency …

Background Tuberculosis infection accounts for more annual deaths than any other single
infectious disease, except the Corona Virus infection. It is a significant global issue and India …

Diagnostic errors in medicine represent a significant public health problem but continue to
be challenging to measure accurately, reliably, and efficiently. The recently developed …

Objective: Describe epidemiology of culture-negative PTB. Design, Setting, Participants: We
utilized Alameda County TB surveillance data from 2010 to 2019. Culture-negative PTB …

Objectives A first step in studying diagnostic delays is to select the signs, symptoms and
alternative diseases that represent missed diagnostic opportunities. Because this step is …

Background Investigating changes in prediagnostic healthcare utilisation can help identify
how much earlier conditions could be diagnosed. Such 'diagnostic windows' are established …