Table 4.

Frequency of common misdiagnoses in the physician early-diagnosed and late-diagnosed groups.

	Physician early-diagnosed group (n = 14)	Physician late-diagnosed group (n = 16)	P value
Common respiratory infection	0	9	0.00090
Bacterial meningitis	2	7	0.12
Aseptic meningitis other than HSV	2	7	0.12
HSV encephalitis	3	2	0.64
Common gastrointestinal infection	0	5	0.045
Fever of unknown origin	0	3	0.23
Others	10	11	–
Total	17	44	–

HSV herpes simplex virus.