| It had found another boy whose meningitis had been misdiagnosed as flu and who was now brain damaged. |
| When she sought medical help, doctors misdiagnosed her illness as tuberculosis and she was directed to a hospital in Pondicherry. |
| In chronic smoldering cases, inflammatory bowel disease can be misdiagnosed, and treatment with steroids only exacerbates the infection. |
| Unfortunately, most doctors see these patients only during their down periods, so the disease is frequently misdiagnosed as depression. |
| Establishing the diagnosis is critical, although historically asthma has been misdiagnosed. |
| The first victims might report to their doctors with common flu-like complaints, and their symptoms could easily be misdiagnosed. |
