Objective To study the correlation between acute upper respiratory tract infection pathogenetic testing and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnosis and treatment, and to provide an objective basis for TCM diagnosis and treatment. Methods 316 patients with acute upper respiratory tract infection (AURI) admitted to our hospital between January 2023 and January 2024 were randomly selected as the study subjects, and the patients were subjected to blood routine examination and pathogen antibody examination to explore the relationship between patients' TCM diagnostic typing and patients' pathogen antibody examination. Results The percentage of viral infection in 316 AURI patients was 52.53%, mycoplasma infection was 6.01%, and bacterial infection was 5.06%. Acute upper respiratory tract infection (AURI) caused by adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, and syncytial virus infection was mainly characterized by wind-cold bundling of the surface syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM); Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and coxsackievirus infection was mainly characterized by cold-heat intermingling syndrome in TCM; influenza virus infection was mainly characterized by wind-heat violation of the surface syndrome in TCM; bacterial, pneumonia, and mycoplasma infection were mainly characterized by wind-heat violation of the surface syndrome in TCM; and bacterial, pneumonia, and mycoplasma infection were mainly characterized by wind-heat violation of the surface syndrome. AURI caused by Mycoplasma infections was mainly characterized by wind-heat syndrome; AURI caused by viral and bacterial infections was mainly characterized by cold-heat syndrome. Conclusion There is a significant correlation between the TCM diagnostic typing of AURI caused by different pathogens, and the TCM diagnostic typing can effectively predict the type of infection of the patients and provide reasonable guidance for the clinical treatment of the patients.

acute upper respiratory tract infection  /  Chinese medicine diagnosis and typing  /  pathogenicity testing.