How to determine the etiology of upper respiratory tract infections

  How to determine the etiology of upper respiratory tract infection according to the original primary data.
  1, in terms of morbidity, 85-90% of the virus, bacteria is probably less than 10%, in addition, mycoplasma and other can also cause;
  2, bacteria: poisoning symptoms are heavy, the spirit is still bad after the fever subsides; virus: poisoning symptoms are light, the spirit is as normal after the fever subsides;
  3.Bacteria: Most of the cases are of the tachyphylaxis type (body temperature goes up and down); viruses: Most of the cases are of the retention fever type (body temperature remains high);
  4.Tonsils with pus, bacteria; tonsils with herpes, follicles, virus;
  5.Tonsillar congestion, uneven surface, dark, bacteria; tonsillar congestion, smooth surface, bright color, virus;
  6, with khat symptoms (clear snot), viral; with pus snot, purulent discharge, bacterial;
  7, viral infection often accompanied by skin, the
  8, small age group (infants and children), more bacteria; large age group, more viruses;
  9, upper sensation > 3 to 5 days, more combined with bacterial infection;
  10, clear snot, thin sputum, mostly viral infections, but some people believe that a few of them are bacillary infections;
  11, cough sputum, mostly bacteria; cough sputum less, mostly viruses;
  12, Chinese medicine believes: clear sputum (snot) is cold, yellow (pus) sputum (snot) is hot, modern medicine believes from another side: the former is a viral infection, but there are exceptions, a small number of bacilli, the latter is a bacterial infection;
  13, blood picture: the initial stage of viral infection: WBC can be mildly elevated, but N more than not high. Bacteria: generally both are high, but there are three cases.
  A, WBC is elevated, N is not high;
  B, WBC normal/slightly low, N elevated —– mostly negative bacteria;
  C, WBC elevated, N elevated —– more positive bacteria.
  Classification is more meaningful than the total number.
  14, machine check blood WBC classification and manual difference, should be manual for more accurate;
  15, fever with chills, may be bacterial infection;
  16, fever with cold hands and feet, may be negative bacterial infection (gram stain negative bacterial sepsis, be alert to shock);
  17, in the symptoms, signs and symptoms are not typical, and the blood picture and the “four not like”, should be combined with CRP, NALP and other tests comprehensive analysis.