DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PURULENT PERICARDITIS

Differential diagnosis of purulent pericarditis are : 
-parasitic infection - Hydatid ( Echinococcus) and Guinea Worm ( Dracunculiasis) 
-fungal infection - coccidioidomycosis and actinomycosis 
-puerperal sepsis 
-pyogenic infection 
-infective endocarditis
-subphrenic abscess
-amoebiasis
-pneumonia