<unk>  has overlapping signs & symptoms with that of other fungal and bacterial disorders. A detailed history, physical examination, and serological tests help us to pinpoint the diagnosis. All these disorders can be often misinterpreted as community acquired pneumonia as they all present with similar complaints such as fever, productive cough, chest pain and shortness of breath.
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Aspergillosis
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Sporotrichosis
The following table elaborates differentiating features between<unk>   from other fungal disorders:
Cave dwellers
Soil that contains bird or bat dropping
Palate and oral ulcers
Splenomegaly
Pancytopenia
Urine antigen testing
Rash on upper body or legs
Night sweats
Lymphadenopathy
Hepatosplenomegaly
Bone marrow dysfunction
Elevated liver enzymes
Hyperbilirubinemia
Hypoalbuminemia
Extremities
Lymphadenitis (nodular)
Cystic fibrosis or asthma. tuberculosis.
Immunocompromised
Wheezing
Stuffiness, runny nose
Hemoptysis
Weight loss
Painless skin ulcer with a black center 
Bloody diarrhea
Thrombocytopenia
Hyponatremia
↑ BUN
Hypoalbuminemia
↑ Troponin.
Building water systems
Diarrhea
Confusion
+ Urine antigen
Hyponatremia
Night sweats
Hemoptysis
Hypercalcemia
Elevated alkaline phosphatase levels
fluorescence microscopy (auramine-rhodamine staining)+ for baccilli.
Adults > 65
Immunocompromised.
Pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery
Non-pregnant : headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions
Elevated titers of listeriolysin O
CSF analysis :Pleocytosis lymphocytes            ↑CSF protein ↓ CSF glucose
Mexico, South and Central America
Arthritis
Testicular and scrotal swelling
Endocarditis
Antibody production againstlipopolysaccharide and bacterial antigens
Relative lymphocytosis and thrombocytopenia.
Australia
Afghanistan
Maculopapular rash
Indirect immunofluorescence
+ Weil-Felix test
Jaundice
Red eyes
Kidney failure
Antibodies labelled with fluorescent markers positive for leptospires.
Microscopic agglutination test +
Lymphadenopathy
Papule or pustule at the infected site
Enzymatic immunoassay positive for  antibody to B henselae
Lymphocytosis
Pregnant women.
Infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation
Immunocompromised persons
Conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms
Spots appearing in two or three waves
Rash, appears after episode of high fever.
Weight loss
H/o smoking
Hemoptysis
Anthrax
Legionella
Listeriosis
Brucellosis
Tuberculosis
Scrub typhus
Leptospirosis
Cat scratch fever
Chickenpox
Herpes(Prodrome)
Influenza
Parainfluenza
HIV -1/-2
Coxsackie A virus
Hepatits
Cytomegalovirus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Coronavirus
California encephalitis virus
Blastomycosis differential diagnosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis differential diagnosis
Actinomycosis differential diagnosis
Blastomycosis risk factors
Psittacosis differential diagnosis
Cryptococcosis differential diagnosis
Aspergillosis other diagnostic studies
Paracoccidioidomycosis risk factors