Pneumonia should be differentiated from other conditions that cause cough, fever, shortness of breath and tachypnea, such as asthma, COPD, CHF, cancer, GERD, pulmonary emboli.
Pneumonia differential diagnosis
Bacterial pneumonia differential diagnosis
Lung abscess risk factors
Community-acquired pneumonia differential diagnosis
Bronchitis differential diagnosis
Hospital-acquired pneumonia differential diagnosis
Farmer's lung differential diagnosis
Acute bronchitis differential diagnosis