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:* Pulmonary embolism | :* Pulmonary embolism | ||
:* Lung squamous cell carcinoma | :* 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 | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 00:03, 8 August 2015
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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