Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case Report and Current Treatment Dilemmas

Table 2

Differential diagnosis in CAP.

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If patient has concurrent chest pain, consider the following:

 (i) MI

 (ii) Tension pneumothorax

 (iii) Esophageal rupture

 (iv) Pericardial effusion

 (v) Aortic dissection

 (vi) Aortic aneurysm

 (vii) Pulmonary embolus

 (viii) Aspiration/pneumonitis

 (ix) Atelectasis

 (x) RSV/bronchiolitis

 (xi) Acute bronchitis

 (xii) COPD

 (xiii) Foreign body aspiration

 (xiv) Fungal pneumonia

 (xv) Lung abscess

 (xvi) PCP

 (xvii) Respiratory failure

 (xviii) Viral pneumonia

 (xix) Neoplasm

 (xx) Asthma

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MI, myocardial infarction; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCP, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.