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- Title
Disseminated Aspergillosis Associated With Tsunami Lung.
- Authors
Yutaka Kawakami; Takashi Tagami; Takashi Kusakabe; Norihiro Kido; Takanori Kawaguchi; Mariko Omura; Ryoichi Tosa
- Abstract
Many survivors of the tsunami that occurred following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, contracted a systemic disorder called "tsunami lung," a series of severe systemic infections following aspiration pneumonia caused by near drowning in the tsunami. Generally, the cause of aspiration pneumonia is polymicrobial, including fungi and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, but Aspergillus infection is rarely reported. Here we report a case of tsunami lung complicated by disseminated aspergillosis, as diagnosed during autopsy.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ANTIBIOTICS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPIRATION pneumonia; CHEST X rays; RESUSCITATION from drowning; DYSPNEA; MENTAL illness; NATURAL disasters; TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2012, Vol 57, Issue 10, p1674
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.01701