Sepsis differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.D. [2]
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Overview
Sepsis must be differentiated from other syndromes such as the acute bacterial endocarditis, myocardial ring abscess, subacute bacterial endocarditis, pharyngitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, otitis media, and bacterial meningitis
Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Sepsis
(By organ system)
| Cardiovascular | Acute bacterial endocarditis, Myocardial ring abscess, Subacute bacterial endocarditis |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Bronchitis, Otitis media |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Esophagitis, Gastritis, Pancreatitis, Small intestine disorder, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Abscess, Intestinal obstruction, Instrumentation |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | Osteomyelitis, wound infections |
| Neurologic | Acute bacterial meningitis |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | Community-acquired pneumonia, Empyema, Lung abscess |
| Renal / Electrolyte | Pyelonephritis, Intranephric abscess or perinephric abscess, Renal calculi, Urinary tract obstruction, Acute prostatitis/abscess, Chronic kidney disease, Instrumentation, Urethritis, Cystitis, Cervicitis, Vaginitis, Catheter-associated bacteriuria |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |