MAJOR
CATAGORIES
|
DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSES |
INFECTION
|
Overwhelming
sepsis
(e.g. meningococcal sepsis)
|
|
Atypical
pneumonia
|
|
Legionella
infection
|
|
Lyme's disease
|
|
Leptospirosis
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
|
Bacterial
endocarditis
|
|
Mycotic aneurysms
|
|
Haemolytic–uraemic syndrom |
COLLEGEN VASCULAR DISEASE
|
|
|
Systemic lupus
erythematosus
|
|
Rheumatoid
arthritis
|
|
Antiphospholipid
syndrome
|
|
Sjögren's
syndrome
|
|
Cryoglobulinaemia
|
|
|
|
| MALIGNANCY
|
|
|
Lymphoma/leukaemia |
|
Paraneoplastic syndromes |
|
Myxoma of the
heart
|
OTHER
|
|
|
Atherosclerosis
|
|
Sarcoid
|
|
Thrombotic
thrombocytopenic
purpura |
|
Cholesterol emboli
|