Differentiating respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia from interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis: A case report
Multiplex PCR is useful for detecting RSV pneumonia in patients with autoimmune diseases. Clinicians should be aware that RSV infection can occur in these patients and should consider RSV pneumonia as an important differential diagnosis of SSc-ILD.
Authors
- Hiromasa Sakurai
- Ai Nishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2842-7383)
- Hiroki Wakabayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-441X)
- Kazutoshi Isobe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9995-2217)
- Daiki Sakai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9560-8558)
- Kenta Takashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3631-2376)
- Misa Iwayanagi
- Yasuo Matsuzawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-6303)
- Kensuke Namba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1775-347X)
- Yu Murakami
- Kaichi Kaneko
- Eisuke Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1189-4543)
- Ryogo Ohashi
- Yusuke Irie
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000045924
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00