Bilateral massive pneumonia caused by human metapneumovirus mimickingMycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Daijiro Nabeya MD, PhD^a (respiratoryyy@gmail.com), Takeshi Kinjo MD, PhD^a (t_kinjo@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp), Tomoo Kishaba MD^b (kishabatomoo@gmail.com), and Jiro Fujita MD, PhD^a (fujita@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp)

^aDepartment of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

^bDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

Correspondence to: Daijiro Nabeya, MD, PhD. (ORCID ID 0000-0001-5566-7310)

Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine,

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