Background: Person-centred care views the patient as an active partner in care, improving participation, quality, and outcomes, but it can be difficult to fully implement, especially in infectious disease care due to organisational and infection-control constraints.

Purpose: The aim of this literature review was to describe nurses’ experiences of providing personcentred care to patients with infectious diseases somatic inpatient care.

Method: Qualitative literature study with content analysis using an inductive approach.

Results: The results, based on twelve studies, identified three main categories: communication, caring relationships, and barriers to person-centred care in the context of infectious diseases. Clear, individualised communication and trusting caring relationships enabled patient participation despite infection control–related restrictions. At the same time, organisational factors, isolation, and infection prevention measures emerged as central barriers to the implementation of person-centred care.

Conclusion: The findings indicate that person-centred care in infectious disease settings can be enhanced through focused efforts on communication and caring relationships. Education and organisational support are important to enable person-centred practice despite time pressure and infection control measures. Further research is needed to explore interventions, including digital solutions, that support person-centred care in such contexts.