About the Authors

Seishiro Arima

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Naoya Nishiyama

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

n.naoyaso@gmail.com

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Yuri Higure

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Yui Naha

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Teruhito Uchihara

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Shuhei Ideguchi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Hideta Nakamura

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Kazuya Miyagi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Masashi Nakamatsu

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Shusaku Haranaga

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, Comprehensive Health Professions Education Center, University Hospital, University of the Ryukyus, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Takeshi Kinjo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Akihiro Tokushige

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Morikazu Akamine

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Red Cross Hospital, Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Kazuko Yamamoto

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, University of the Ryukyus Graduate School of Medicine, Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.