Proteus infection differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hari Krishnan Nair, M.D.

Proteus infection must be differentiated from other types of infectious diseases that cause acute urinary tract infection, pneumonia and local wound infections such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas.