MERS Coronavirus: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Respiratory infection, unspecified
  • Pneumonia (pneumonia), interstitial (caused by other pathogens: e.g., chlamydia, legionella, mycoplasma, influenza and parainfluenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenoviruses).
  • SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; severe acute respiratory syndrome) – when the respiratory tract is infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-1 (SARS-associated coronavirus, SARS-CoV), atypical pneumonia (pneumonia) occurs; lethality (mortality rate) 10%.

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, etc., unspecified
  • Influenza (flu)
  • Influenza-like Illness – generic term for infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by a wide range of pathogens (mainly viruses, but also bacteria or fungi).
  • Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ disease) – infectious disease caused predominantly by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila.
  • SARS-CoV-2 (synonyms: novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV); 2019-nCoV (2019-novel coronavirus; coronavirus 2019-nCoV); Wuhan coronavirus) – respiratory infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in atypical pneumonia (pneumonia), which is called COVID-19 (Engl. coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus disease-2019) has received; lethality (mortality based on the total number of people suffering from the disease) 2.3%.