Differential Diagnosis
Alternative diagnoses to acute
tonsillopharyngitis include the following:
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Epiglottitis
- Ludwig angina
- Lemierre’s syndrome
- Kawasaki disease
- Coxsackie virus
- Primary HIV
- Epstein-Barr virus or infectious mononucleosis
- Oral candidiasis
- COVID-19
- Dengue
- Influenza