Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Respiratory tract infection
Respiratory infection
HP:0011947
What it means
An infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract.
Rare diseases that can present with this27
Very common80–99%
2Common30–79%
12- Axial spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
- Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Cyclic neutropenia
- Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency
- Glycogen storage disease due to acid maltase deficiency, infantile onset
- Infection-related hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
- Melioidosis
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- WHIM syndrome
Sometimes5–29%
10- Bacterial toxic-shock syndrome
- Bloom syndrome
- Congenital sialidosis type 2
- Hereditary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
- Idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
- Idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome with secondary steroid resistance
- Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
- Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome
and 2 more in this range
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Respiratory infections
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