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doctorforever
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i know viral pneumonia are a type of Atypical pneumonia p.296goljan RR. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW ATYPICAL IS EXPLAINED AS ,LOW FEVER+ DRY COUGH,+ACUTE ONCET+SIGNS OF CONSOLICATION)DULLNESS,..)... but i just read this FA question talks about 76 y/o guy with drycough,HIGH fever,shotrness of breath and mild cyanosis in beginning of fall. and the answer was influenza virus pneumonia,,,i am wondering do you describe this as atypical pneumonia? i mean high fever? can we have high fever with other causes of atypical pneumonia ?...maybe other viruses? or it is just influenza? thanks
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doctorforever
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another ATYPICAL pneumonia with high fever is legionella pneumonia... anyone knows the right description of atypical vresus typical ? maybe i am missing something here,,,,
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Jackofknives
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Atypical PNA = Cultural negative that is the only definition. Everything else is wrong.
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