Case Report

Death of a 29-Year-Old Male from Undifferentiated Sepsis

Table 1

RCA for death of 29-year-old male from disseminated tuberculosis.

Problem Patient died of undiagnosed disseminated tuberculosis

Why? Tuberculosis not on differential diagnosis

Why? Cognitive bias during diagnosisLack of awareness of infliximab use and associated adverse effects

Why? No interspecialty case conference No tool used to prevent bias during diagnosis No centralized medication listing across hospitals No red-flagging for high-risk medications Incomplete handover between physicians during transfers

Why? Incomplete medication postmarketing surveillance