Blood Poisoning (Sepsis): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Infections with pathogens of all types, especially Staphyloccocus aureus or E. coli; furthermore: Anaerobes, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens, Enterobacter, Enterococci, Haemophilus influenzae, coagulase-negative staphylococci, Pneumococci, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus agalacticae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, streptococci, streptococci group A, streptococci group B, streptococci group D.

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Medications