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Acute pneumonia itself is a mild flu-like illness that needs to be differentiated from a number of other fungal/bacterial disorders. These disorders have overlapping signs & symptoms that often need detailed History, Physical examination and serological tests to pin-point the diagnosis. It can be often misinterpreted as community acquired pneumonia. | |||
==Fungal== | ==Fungal== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Acute pneumonia itself is a mild flu-like illness that needs to be differentiated from a number of other fungal/bacterial disorders. These disorders have overlapping signs & symptoms that often need detailed History, Physical examination and serological tests to pin-point the diagnosis. It can be often misinterpreted as community acquired pneumonia.
Fungal
Bacterial
- Anthrax
- Legionella
- Listeriosis
- Brucellosis
- Tuberculosis
- Scrub typhus
- Leptospirosis
- Cat scratch fever
Viral
- Chickenpox
- Herpes(Prodrome)
- Influenza
- Parainfluenza
- HIV -1/-2
- Coxsackie B virus
- Hepatits
- Cytomegalovirus
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- Coronavirus
- California Encephalitis virus