COUGH: Dyspnea & Fever

Cough, Dyspnea & Fever Cough Chronic Cough (> 3 wks) → Normal CXR Acute Bronchitis AECOPD Cough & Dyspnea & Fever → Abnormal CXR Non-Infectious Pulmonary Embolism* Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Wegener’s Granulomatosis Pneumonia in the Immunocompetent Host Hospital-Acquired Aerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli Gram-Positive Cocci Community-Acquired S. pneumoniae H. influenzae Viral (e.g., Influenza) M. pneumoniae C. pneumoniae Tuberculosis Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host Bacterial (often non-pathogenic with immune competence) Fungal (e.g., Pneumocystis jirovecii) Viral Peripheral Stigmata of Subacute Endocarditis Left-Sided Endocarditis New/Changed Murmur Intravenous Drug User Right-Sided Endocarditis with Septic Emboli * Denotes acutely life-threatening causes