Anthrax
Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Condition
Differentiating signs /
symptoms
Differentiating tests
Bacterial furunculosis
• Lesions of staphylococcal or
streptococcal furunculosis
are typically painful, whereas
cutaneous anthrax lesions
are painless. Bacterial
furunculosis may also be
suggested by the recurrence
of fevers, lymphangitis, and
purulent drainage.
[2]
•
Wound Gram stain and
cultures in bacterial
furunculosis should reveal
typical pathogens, such
as
Staphylococcus
or
Streptococcus
.
Ecthyma gangrenosum
• Occurs in patients with
neutropenia.
•
Blood cultures or tissue
cultures will reveal
typical pathogens
associated with ecthyma
gangrenosum, such as
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
,
Staphylococcus
, and
Candida
.
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