Differential diagnosis anthrax

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Anthrax, brucellosis, dengue, ehrlichiosis, infectious mononucleosis, Kawasaki disease, leptospirosis, malaria, meningitis, men-ingococcemia, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, syphilis, toxic shock syndrome, toxoplasmosis, tularemia, typhoid fever, rubella, measles. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Anthrax, tetanus, rabies, meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral trypanosomiasis, piroplasmosis, theileriosis, listeriosis, parasitism poisoning by strychnine, lead, organophosphates, arsenic, and various plants that affect the central nervous system. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Other causes of pneumonia, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, plague, anthrax infection, smallpox. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Colics, anthrax, equine rhinopneumonitis, equine infectious anemia, equine influenza, equine encephalosis, equine viral arteritis, and piroplasmosis. Field diagnosis may be virtually impossible. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Acute respiratory distress syndrome, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema, AIDS, pneumonia, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, phosgene toxicity, phosphine toxicity, salicylate toxicity with pulmonary edema, influenza, plague, tularemia, and anthrax. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis African horse sickness, anthrax, botulism, pasteurellosis, equine influenza, peracute equine herpesvirus 1 infection, and ingestion of plant or agricultural poisons. 

Differential Diagnosis An epidemic of inhalation anthrax in its early stage with nonspecific symptoms could be confused with a number of viral, bacteria, and fungal infections. Progression over two to three days with sudden development of severe respiratory distress followed by shock and death within twenty-four to thirty-six hours in essentially all untreated cases eliminates diagnosis other than inhalation anthrax. Other diagnosis to consider would include aerosol exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), plague, or tularemia pneumonia. 

Early Diagnosis of Inhalational Anthrax Differentiating Anthrax from Influenza-like Illness... 

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