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! style="width: 120px;background: #4479BA" |{{fontcolor|#FFF| Similar Signs & Symptoms}} | ! style="width: 120px;background: #4479BA" |{{fontcolor|#FFF| Similar Signs & Symptoms}} | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | *Influenza virus | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Influenza virus | |||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | High fever + myalgia | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | High fever + myalgia | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Salmonella | |||
*Shigella | *Shigella | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Protracted diarrhoea | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Protracted diarrhoea | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndromes: | ||
**Toxic Oil Syndrome | **Toxic Oil Syndrome | ||
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Eosinophilia + myalgia + inflammatory response | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Eosinophilia + myalgia + inflammatory response | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | *Fascioliasis | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Fascioliasis | |||
*Toxocariasis | |||
Invasive Schistosomiasis | * Invasive Schistosomiasis | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Eosinophilia + fever | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Eosinophilia + fever | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | *Glomerulonephritis | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Glomerulonephritis | |||
*Serum Sickness | *Serum Sickness | ||
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Periorbital or facial edema + fever | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Periorbital or facial edema + fever | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | *Infectious Meningitis | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Infectious Meningitis | |||
*Encephalitis | *Encephalitis | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Intense headaches + stiff neck + confusion + drowsiness + irritability + neurological symptoms | | style="background: #F5F5F5; text-align:center" | Intense headaches + stiff neck + confusion + drowsiness + irritability + neurological symptoms | ||
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| style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | *Leptospirosis | | style="width: 120px;font-weight: bold;background: #DCDCDC" | | ||
* Leptospirosis | |||
*Bacterial Endocarditis | *Bacterial Endocarditis | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Danitza Lukac
Overview
Trichinosis must be differentiated from influenza virus, salmonella, shigella, eosinophilia-myalgia syndromes, tissular parasitosis, glomerulonephritis, serum sickness, infectious meningitis and encephalitis, leptospirosis, bacterial endocarditis and typhus exanthematicus.[1]
Differentiating Trichinosis from other Diseases
Differential Diagnosis | Similar Signs & Symptoms |
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High fever + myalgia |
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Protracted diarrhoea |
Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndromes:
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Eosinophilia + myalgia + inflammatory response |
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Eosinophilia + fever |
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Periorbital or facial edema + fever |
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Intense headaches + stiff neck + confusion + drowsiness + irritability + neurological symptoms |
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Haemorrhages of the conjunctiva or haemorrhagic skin petechiae + fever |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAO/WHO/OIE Guidelines for the surveillance, management, prevention and control of trichinellosis. FAO (2007). http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/61e00fb1-87e8-5b89-8be1-50481e43eed1/ Accessed on January 28, 2016