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
• Haemophilus influenza pneumonia
• Klebsiella pneumonia
• Streptococcal pneumonia
• Lung abscess
• Pulmonary embolism
• Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

• 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
• Icterohemorrhagic leptospirosis
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis