Staphylococcus: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Bronchitis (synonyms: bronchitides; rhinobronchitis; tracheobronchitis) – inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchi.
  • Pneumonia (pneumonia)
  • Rhinitis – inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity.

Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).

  • Blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid margin)
  • Hordeolum (sty)

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99)

  • Bacterial skin diseases such as impetigo (usually with Staphylococcus aureus).
  • Furuncle – folliculitis (inflammation of a hair follicle), which melts centrally abscess-like.
  • Skin abscess – encapsulated collection of pus in the skin.
  • Impetigo contagiosa (synonym: impetigo vulgaris) – incubation period (time from infection to onset of disease): 2-10 days; infection with Staphyloccocus aureus, less frequently Streptococcus pyogenes; highly contagious (high transmissibility), superficial infection of the skin with a frequency peak in children and newborns; small- and large-blistered variant are distinguished; clinical picture: onset with red spots (macules) on the face, which quickly turn into vesicles.
  • Carbuncle – deep and usually very painful suppuration of several adjacent hair follicles or the confluence of several adjacent boils.
  • Paronychia (nail bed inflammation)
  • Perifolliculitis – inflammation of the tissue surrounding a hair follicle, usually originating from folliculitis (hair follicle inflammation).
  • Pyoderma – purulent inflammation of the skin.
  • Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS; engl. scalded skin, German “verbrühte Haut”) – details see below “complaints – symptoms”.
  • Toxic shock syndrome (TSS; English “scalded skin”) – details see below “Complaints – Symptoms”.

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Sepsis (blood poisoning)

Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).

  • Bacterial cholangitis (synonyms: acute cholangitis, bacterial cholangitis; cholangiitis; purulent bacterial cholangitis; bile duct inflammation; infectious cholangitis) – inflammation of the extrahepatic and intrahepatic (located outside and inside the liver) bile ducts caused by bacterial obstruction of bile flow.

Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Osteomyelitis (bone marrow inflammation).
  • Pyomyositis (synonyms: pyomyositis tropicans; myositis purulenta, Bungpagga; Lambo Lambo) referred to is an acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscle, usually caused by the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.
  • Spondylodiscitis (inflammation of the intervertebral disc and the two adjacent vertebral bodies) – about 2-4% of all infectious skeletal diseases in children (usually with Staphylococcus aureus); is caused mainly by a hematogenous (“in the bloodstream) spread.

Ears – mastoid process (H60-H95).

  • Purulent parotitis (parotid gland inflammation).
  • Mastoiditis (mastoid process inflammation).
  • Otitis externa (inflammation of the auditory canal)
  • Otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear)
  • Sinusitis (sinus infection)

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Bacterial meningitis (synonyms: bacterial leptomeningitis) – form of meningitis caused by bacteria.

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).

  • Balanitis (acorn inflammation).
  • Endometritis (inflammation of the uterus)
  • Mastitis puerperalis – inflammation of the mammary glands in the puerperium.
  • Orchitis (inflammation of the testicles)
  • Pyelonephritis (inflammation of the renal pelvis)
  • Urethritis (inflammation of the urethra)
  • Vaginitis / colpitis (vaginal infection)
  • Vulvitis – inflammation of the external genitalia of women.
  • Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder)

Injuries, poisonings, and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

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