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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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The differential diagnosis of actinomycosis consists of blastomycosis, brain abscess, colon cancer, crohn disease, diverticulitis, liver abscess, lung abscess, lymphoma, nocardiosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pneumonia, tuberculosis and uterine cancer.

Differential Diagnosis

Disease Differentiating signs/symptoms Differentiating tests
Abdominal Abscess
Nocardiosis
Ovarian/Oviductal tumor
Appendicitis
Blastomycosis
Brain abscess
Colon cancer
Gastric adenocarcinoma
Crohn disease
Ulcerative colitis
Diverticulitis
Liver abscess
Lung abscess
Lung cancer
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pneumonia (fungal, bacterial, or aspiration)
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Intestinal tuberculosis
Uterine cancer
Whipple disease

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