Isosporiasis Differential Diagnoses
- Author: Robert W Tolan Jr, MD; Chief Editor: Michael Stuart Bronze, MD more...
Diagnostic Considerations
Clinical presentation may mimic those of gastrointestinal (GI) and other diseases. Conditions to be considered in the diagnosis of isosporiasis include the following:
- Aeromonas infection
- Appendicitis
- Atypical mycobacterial infection
- Bacterial overgrowth syndrome
- Campylobacter infection
- Cholera
- Clostridium difficile infection
- Colic
- Constipation
- Crohn disease
- Cytomegalovirus infection
- Diverticulitis
- Echovirus
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Food poisoning
- Gastroenteritis, bacterial
- Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
- Hepatitis A
- Hookworm infection
- Hymenolepiasis
- Intestinal enterokinase deficiency
- Intestinal malrotation
- Intestinal radiation injury
- Intestinal volvulus
- Intussusception
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Lactose intolerance
- Lymphoma
- Malabsorption syndromes
- Norwalk virus
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Protein-losing enteropathy
- Sarcocystis infection
- Short bowel syndrome
- Small-bowel obstruction
- Soy protein intolerance
- Sprue
- Ulcerative colitis
- Volvulus
- Whipworm
Differential Diagnoses
- Amebiasis
- Ancylostoma Infection
- Ascariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclospora
- Dientamoeba Fragilis Infection
- Diphyllobothrium Latum Infection
- Enterobiasis
- Enteroviral Infections
- Escherichia Coli Infections
- Fascioliasis
- Giardiasis
- Intestinal Protozoal Diseases
- Microsporidiosis
- Salmonella Infection
- Sarcosporidiosis
- Shigella Infection
- Strongyloidiasis
- Strongyloidiasis
- Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection
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