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Differential diagnosis
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Differential diagnosis
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Fever



Differential diagnosis


  1. All features
  2. Systemic features
  3. Fever
  1. Systemic features
  2. Sweating
  3. Fever

Differential diagnosis


Common
  • Viral upper respiratory tract infections
  • Febrile convulsions
  • Acute bronchitis
  • Acute sinusitis
  • Cellulitis
  • Viral gastroenteritis
  • Urinary tract infection (lower) in adults
  • Pneumonia
  • Chickenpox
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Sepsis
  • Acute tonsillitis
  • Diverticulitis

Infrequent
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Acute pyelonephritis
  • Acute otitis media
  • Acute cholecystitis
  • Infectious mononucleosis
  • Ascending cholangitis
  • Erythema infectiosum
  • Mastitis
  • Genital herpes
  • Dental abscess
  • Campylobacter infection
  • Peritonsillar abscess (quinsy)
  • Breast abscess
  • Shingles
  • Scarlet fever
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Acute bacterial prostatitis
  • Acute pericarditis
  • Septic arthritis in adults
  • Bartholin's cyst
  • Cocaine
  • Ischaemic colitis
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Non-typhoidal Salmonella
  • Alcohol withdrawal
  • Clostridium difficile diarrhoea
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Mycoplasma pneumonia
  • Lyme disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Perianal abscess
  • Subacute (De Quervain's) thyroiditis
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Preseptal cellulitis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Giardiasis
  • Mastoiditis
  • Herpes simplex encephalitis
  • Viral m

Specific differential diagnosis


Age: Onset:


TYPES

High-grade pyrexia
Low-grade pyrexia


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