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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''Mycoplasma'' pneumonia must be differentiated from other causes of [[pneumonia]], [[chest pain]], [[dyspnea]], and [[cough]], such as other infectious causes, [[aspiration pneumonia]], [[pneumonitis]], [[lung abscess]], [[empyema]], [[COPD exacerbation]], [[asthma]], [[interstitial lung disease]], | ''Mycoplasma'' pneumonia must be differentiated from other causes of [[pneumonia]], [[chest pain]], [[dyspnea]], and [[cough]], such as other infectious causes, [[aspiration pneumonia]], [[pneumonitis]], [[lung abscess]], [[empyema]], [[COPD|COPD exacerbation]], [[asthma]], [[interstitial lung disease]], cardiac diseases, and [[malignancy|malignancies]]. | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Differential diagnosis for ''Mycoplasma'' pneumonia includes the following: | Differential diagnosis for ''Mycoplasma'' pneumonia includes the following: | ||
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*[[Fungal pneumonia]] | *[[Fungal pneumonia]] | ||
*''[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]] | *''[[Pneumocystis pneumonia]] | ||
*[[Aspiration | *[[Aspiration pneumonia]] | ||
*[[Tuberculosis]] | *[[Tuberculosis]] | ||
*''Chlamydia'' infection (including ''[[C. trachomatis]]'', ''[[C. psittaci]]'', and ''[[C. pneumoniae]]'') | *''Chlamydia'' infection (including ''[[C. trachomatis]]'', ''[[C. psittaci]]'', and ''[[C. pneumoniae]]'') | ||
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*[[Lung abscess]] | *[[Lung abscess]] | ||
*[[Bronchiectasis]] | *[[Bronchiectasis]] | ||
*[[COPD exacerbation]] | *[[COPD|COPD exacerbation]] | ||
*[[Asthma]] | *[[Asthma]] | ||
*[[Interstitial lung disease]] | *[[Interstitial lung disease]] |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Mycoplasma pneumonia must be differentiated from other causes of pneumonia, chest pain, dyspnea, and cough, such as other infectious causes, aspiration pneumonia, pneumonitis, lung abscess, empyema, COPD exacerbation, asthma, interstitial lung disease, cardiac diseases, and malignancies.
Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis for Mycoplasma pneumonia includes the following:
- Other causes of bacterial pneumonia
- Viral pneumonia
- Fungal pneumonia
- Pneumocystis pneumonia
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Chlamydia infection (including C. trachomatis, C. psittaci, and C. pneumoniae)
- Empyema
- Lung abscess
- Bronchiectasis
- COPD exacerbation
- Asthma
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung tumor
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pneumothorax
- Hemothorax
- Epiglottitis
- Croup
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Atelectasis
- Congestive heart failure
- Myocardial infarction
- Pericarditis
- Endocarditis
- Myocarditis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Sarcoidosis