differential diagnosis
Last reviewed 01/2018
differential diagnosis
Conditions that mimic the febrile phase of dengue infection
- flu like syndromes
- influenza, measles, chikungunya, infectious mononucleosis, HIV - seroconversion illness
- illnesses with a rash
- rubella, measles, scarlet fever, meningococcal infection, chikungunya, drug reactions
- diarrhoeal disease
- rota virus and other enteric infections
- illnesses with a neurological manifestations
- meningoencephalitis, febrile seizures
Conditions that mimic the critical phase of dengue infection
- infectious
- acute gastroenteritis, malaria, leptospirosis, typhoid, typhus, viral hepatitis,
- malignancies
- acute leukaemia and other malignancies
- other clinical pictures
- acute abdomen, acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis,
- diabetic ketoacidosis, Kawasaki syndrome
- platelet disorders, renal failure, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and bleeding
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