Sandbox:Preeti
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Preeti Singh, M.B.B.S.[2]
| Differentiating Symptoms | Differentiating physical exam findings | Differentiating Labs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physiological variation | Birth | ||||
| Adult | |||||
| Pregnancy | |||||
| Infections | Bacterial | Syphilis | |||
| Brucellosis | |||||
| Viral | infectious mononucleosis | ||||
| cytomegalovirus | |||||
| human immunodeficiency virus | |||||
| cat scratch fever | |||||
| Mycobacterial | tuberculosis | ||||
| Parasitic | toxoplasmosis | ||||
| Secondary | Infection | Acute | |||
| Chronic | |||||
| Connective tissue disorders | RA | ||||
| JRA | |||||
| IBD | |||||
| Chronic hepatitis | |||||
| Drug induced | Steriod | ||||
| Lithium | |||||
| Beta agonists | |||||
| Cytokines | |||||
| Marrow stimulation | Hemolytic anemia | ||||
| Immature thrombocytopenia | |||||
| Post splenectomy | |||||
| Metabolic | Diabetic coma | ||||
| Acidosis | |||||
| Thyroid strom | |||||
| Acute Gout | |||||
| Seizures | |||||