[Why can it be difficult for clinicians to diagnose acute lyme disease? From physiopathology to diagnosis, via abductive reasoning and Bayes theorem]

Autor: C, Godefroid, F, Buttafuoco, T, Richard, A, Goubella, M, Vanhaeverbeek
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Revue medicale de Bruxelles. 35(5)
ISSN: 0035-3639
Popis: The diagnosis of acute neuroborreliosis may be difficult if it's regarded as a "classical" infectious disease. Through a clinical case, we illustrate the difficulties met and we suggest two ways of reflexion to assist in the diagnosis:--firstly, we explain how the comprehension of the behavior of the pathogen agent, which is similar to a parasitic behavior, can help to choose and interpret the results of additional tests;--secondly, we develop practically the clinical form of Bayes's theorem to demonstrate the interest of a rational Bayesian and abductive approach which should be preferred to the classical hypothetical and deductive reasoning.
Databáze: OpenAIRE