Clinical Presentation
Differential Diagnosis
Common Cold, COVID-19Influenza, Strep Throat
Pivotal Assessment | Finding | |
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Throat Swab |
vvvvvvv | bronchoconstriction, fever, rhinitis, and suffusion of mucus membranes. Spread is via aerosolized droplets and hand contamination. The most prominent viral pathogens include rhinovirus and coronavirus for which no specific antimicrobial therapies are available. Commonly, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, RSV, and influenza virus may also cause this syndrome. Infections with respiratory viruses occur predominantly in the winter and early spring. Less commonly, reovirus, enteroviruses, metapneumoviruses, and picornaviruses may cause the same symptoms.53,54 Of nonviral etiologies, treatable infections with M. pneumoniae and Chlamydophila (formerly Chlamydia) pneumoniae also cause significant upper, as well as lower, respiratory tract infections. The main differential for these infections includes allergic, vasomotor, or atrophic rhinitis or nasal polyposis. These syndromes should be considered in patients with atopic history and recurrent upper respiratory infections. While these infections are generally self-limited, common complications include sinusitis, otitis, and bronchitis, exacerbations of chronic pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis), asthma, and bacterial superinfection with pneumonia. |
Diagnosis | Viral Upper Respiratory Infection |
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