Development of a model for early differentiation of adenovirus pneumonia from pneumonia.

Background: Adenovirus pneumonia (AVP) and pneumonia (MPP) have similar clinical manifestations such as a high prevalence of lung consolidation, making the differential diagnosis difficult before the etiology is reported. This study aimed to compare AVP and MPP, and to build a predictive model to differentiate them early.

Methods: We selected 198 cases of AVP and 876 cases of MPP.