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Overview

Boil(furuncle) must be differentiated from other common diseases that cause tender swelling or a reddened lump filled with pus such as cystic acne, hidradrenitis suppurativa and pilonidal cyst.[1]

Differentiating Boil(furuncle) from Other Diseases

Boil(furuncle) must be differentiated from:[1]

Disease Findings
Cystic acne Presents with tender cystic pustules usually confined to the faceand trunk, where there are higher concentration of sebaceous glands.
Malaria Presents with acute fever, headache and diarrhea (children). A blood smears must be examined for malaria parasites. The presence of parasites does not exclude a concurrent viral infection. An antimalarial should be prescribed as an empiric therapy.
Lassa fever Disease onset is usually gradual, with fever, sore throat, cough, pharyngitis, and facial edema in the later stages. Inflammation and exudation of the pharynx and conjunctiva are common.
Yellow fever and other Flaviviridae Present with hemorrhagic complications. Epidemiological investigation may reveal a pattern of disease transmission by an insect vector. Virus isolation and serological investigation serves to distinguish these viruses. Confirmed history of previous yellow fever vaccination will rule out yellow fever.
Shigellosis & other bacterial enteric infections Presents with diarrhea, possibly bloody, accompanied by fever, nausea, and toxemia, vomiting, cramps, and tenesmus. Stools contain blood and mucous in a typical case. A search for possible sites of bacterial infection, together with cultures and blood smears, should be made. Presence of leukocytosis distinguishes bacterial infections from viral infections.
Ebola Presents with fever, chills vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain or malaise, and internal and external bleeding, that follow an incubation period of 2-21 days.
Others Scarlet fever, leptospirosis, viral hepatitis, typhus, and mononucleosis can produce signs and symptoms that may be confused with rheumatic fever in early stages of infection.

Differential Diagnosis

  • Cystic acne
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa
  • Herpetic whitlow
  • Pilonidal cyst
  • Anthrax
  • Cellulitis
  • Furuncular myasis
  • Impetigo herpitiformis
  • SAPHO syndrome
  • Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist deficiency
  • Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Boil(furuncle)(2016).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boil Accessed on August 9, 2016.


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