Enterovirus 68 differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Overview
Enterovirus 68 infection must be differentiated from other diseases that cause fever, cough, malaise, and coryza such as: respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, seasonal influenza virus B, coronavirus, and rhinovirus.
Differential Diagnosis
Enterovirus 68 infection must be differentiated from other diseases that produce symptoms such as fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough, malaise, chest pain, and diarrhea. Any viral upper respiratory infection must be included in the differential diagnosis of enterovirus 68 infection, and a definitive diagnosis is achieved by PCR assay of a nasopharingeal swab specimen or other available secretions.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Lu, Q.-B.; Wo, Y.; Wang, H.-Y.; Wei, M.-T.; Zhang, L.; Yang, H.; Liu, E.-M.; Li, T.-Y.; Zhao, Z.-T.; Liu, W.; Cao, W.-C. (2013). "Detection of enterovirus 68 as one of the commonest types of enterovirus found in patients with acute respiratory tract infection in China". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 63 (Pt_3): 408–414. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.068247-0. ISSN 0022-2615.
- ↑ Lekana-Douki, Sonia; Nkoghe, Dieudonné; Drosten, Christian; Ngoungou, Edgar; Drexler, Jan; Leroy, Eric M (2014). "Viral etiology and seasonality of influenza-like illness in Gabon, March 2010 to June 2011". BMC Infectious Diseases. 14 (1): 373. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-373. ISSN 1471-2334.