What are the differential diagnoses of mycoplasma pneumonia?

Actively paying attention to the differential diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia can help us treat the disease correctly, many diseases have similar symptoms, so it is very necessary to carry out the differential diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia and let the patient get rid of the torment of the disease, the following is described in detail.

Differential diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia:

1. Rickettsial disease is mainly associated with Q fever, because Q fever sometimes has pneumonia as the main manifestation. Patients with Q fever have a history of exposure to cows, sheep, goats, and dairy products, and their dairy products can confirm the diagnosis by serum complement fixation test and rickettsial agglutination test.

2. Fungal infections such as Candida, cryptococcus, mucormyces, histoplasma, blastomycetes, etc. Sputum and urine can be taken for culture and smear; Serum complement fixation test, agar diffusion method, etc., can be distinguished if a positive result is detected.

3. Pulmonary tuberculosisPulmonary tuberculosis has a slow onset and a long course of disease, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be found in sputum.

4. Other actinomycosis, nocardiosis, pulmonary infarction, atelectasis, bronchopulmonary cancer, pneumoconiosis and central nervous system diseases should also be distinguished from each other.

The above is an analysis of the differential diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia, and experts point out that the differential diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia is very important, which is the need to ensure symptomatic treatment and the specific requirement of being responsible for patients.