Staphylococcus aureus infection differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differentiating Staphylococcus aureus infection from other diseases
- The following conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of Staphylococcal blepharitis:
- Nonulcerative blepharitis
- Periorbital cellulitis
- Chalazion
- External hordeolum
- Diphtheritic conjunctivitis
- Tularemic conjunctivitis
- Adult gonococcal conjunctivitis
- Vernal conjunctivitis
- The following conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of Staphylococcal food poisoning:
- Acute mesenteric vascular insufficiency
- Salmonella food poisoning
- Rotavirus gastroenteritis
- Mesenteric venous thrombosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Amebiasis
- Norovirus
- Viral gastroenteritis
- The following conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of Staphylococcal colitis:
- Ricin poisoning
- Cytotoxic Escherichia coli
- Shigellosis
- Acute pseudomembranous enterocolitis
- Cholera
- The following conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of Staphylococcal pneumonia:
- Pneumococcal pneumonia
- Hemophilus influenza pneumonia
- Klebsiella Pneumonia
- Streptococcal pneumonia
- Lung abscess
- Pulmonary embolism
- Lung squamous cell carcinoma