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== Differential Diagnosis ==
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=== Common Fastidious Organisms ===
 
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=== Organisms by Risk Factor ===
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* Homelessness with body lice: [[Bartonella quintana]]
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* Occupational exposures
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** Butchers, fishermen, homemakers, veterinarians, farmers: [[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]]
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** Farmers, veterinarians: [[Coxiella burnetii]], [[Brucella species]]
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* Intravenous drug use:
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** Right-sided with advanced [[HIV]]: [[Salmonella species]], [[Neisseria subflava]]
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** [[Pharyngitis]]: [[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]]
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** Other: [[Neisseria sicca]], [[Clostridium species]], [[Candida species]]
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* Open heart surgery: [[Legionella species]], [[non-tuberculous mycobacteria]] including [[Mycobacterium avium complex]], [[Nocardia species]]
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* Gastroenteritis: [[Salmonella species]]
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* Sinusitis: [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
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* [[Pneumonitis]]: [[Chlamydia psittaci]]
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* [[Diarrhea]]: [[Tropheryma whipplei]]
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* [[Urinary tract infection]]: [[Klebsiella species]]
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* Dental procedures: [[Kingella kingae]], [[Cardiobacterium hominis]], [[Actinobacillus actinomicetemcomitans]], [[Haemophilus parainfluenzae]], [[Lactobacillus speies]]
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** Cirrhosis and alcoholism: [[Campylobacter fetus]]
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** Immunocompromised patient: [[Gemella species]]
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** Intravenous drug use: [[Eikonella corrodens]]
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** Urinary tract infection: [[Haemophilus species]]
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* [[Sexually-transmitted infection]]: [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]
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* Medicinal leeches: [[Aeromonas hydrophila]]
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* Dog or cat exposure: [[Pasteurella species]], [[Bartonella henselae]] (cats)
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* Cattle exposure with prosthetic valve: [[Coxiella burnetii]], [[Brucella species]]
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* Pregnancy: [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
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* [[Cirrhosis]] or chronic alcohol use: [[Bartonella quintana]], [[Erysipelothrix species]], [[Campylobacter species]], [[Aeromonas species]], [[Pasteurella species]], [[Listeria monocytogenes]]
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== Investigations ==
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* Blood cultures
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** Routine, modern blood culture incubation will grow almost all easily-cultivable bacteria
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Revision as of 11:48, 22 October 2020

Differential Diagnosis

Common Fastidious Organisms

Organism Clinical clues Diagnostic tests
Brucella species unpasteurized dairy blood cultures, serology, culture, immunohistology, PCR
Coxiella burnetii animal exposure (especially pregnant sheep) serology (IgG phase I >1:800), tissue culture, immunohistology, PCR
Bartonella species cat exposure, louse exposure, crowding, homelessness blood cultures, serology, culture, immunohistology, PCR
Tropheryma whipplei histology and PCR
Mycoplasma species serology, culture, immunohistology, PCR
Legionella species blood cultures, serology, culture, immunohistology, PCR
Fungi IV drug use, immunocompromise blood cultures, serology, PCR

Organisms by Risk Factor

Investigations

  • Blood cultures
    • Routine, modern blood culture incubation will grow almost all easily-cultivable bacteria