Viral pneumonias

Multifaceted approach to an elusive diagnosis

Jason W. Chien Dr Chien has completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, and is now a fellow in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.Correspondence[email protected]

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John L. Johnson Dr Johnson is associate professor of medicine, division of infectious diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

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Determining whether a patient has viral pneumonia can be tricky. Even when a virus is isolated, it may not be the cause of the pneumonia. Here, Drs Chien and Johnson discuss the means of making this elusive diagnosis with confidence. Parts 2 and 3 of this three-part article, which focus on viral pneumonia in the immunocompromised host and viral pneumonia due to epidemic respiratory viruses, will appear in our February and March issues.

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