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
  • The following conditions must be considered in the differential diagnosis of Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome:
  • Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease)
  • Scarlet fever
  • Septic shock
  • Acute necrotizing pancreatitis
  • Abortion septic
  • Icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis

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