Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Respiratory infection, unspecified
  • Pneumonia, interstitial (pneumonia; caused by other pathogens: e.g., chlamydia, legionella, mycoplasma, influenza and parainfluenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adenoviruses).

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).
  • MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus); formerly referred to as Human Betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012 (HCoV-EMC, also Human Coronavirus EMC, was initially referred to as “New Coronavirus” NCoV); originates from the coronavirus family (Coronaviridae); first identified in 2012; causes severe respiratory tract infection (pneumonia/pneumonia) and renal failure; lethality (mortality) 37%.
  • Sars-CoV-2 (synonyms: novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV); 2019-nCoV (2019-novel coronavirus; coronavirus 2019-nCoV); Wuhan coronavirus) – respiratory tract infection with Sars-CoV-2 results in atypical pneumonia (pneumonia), named COVID-19 (Engl. coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus disease-2019) has received; lethality (mortality relative to the total number of people suffering from the disease) 2.3%.