Bronchopneumonia Radiating Across All Pulmonary Lobes From the Hilum Caused by Human Metapneumovirus
This human metapneumovirus pneumonia case, mimicking bacterial pneumonia, exhibited distinct features, including contact with a cold patient and CT findings of multilobar airway-centric opacities with bronchial wall thickening. Even if point-of-care viral testing becomes widely available, recognising cases that warrant such tests remains crucial for improving community-acquired pneumonia management.
Authors
- Tomoo Kishaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-5409)
- Takeshi Kinjo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-0401)
- Yumi Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-1519)
- Daijiro Nabeya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5566-7310)
- T. Shimabukuro
Institutions
- University of the Ryukyus (JP)
- Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respirology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70106
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00