PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yutaka Kawakami
AU  - Takashi Tagami
AU  - Takashi Kusakabe
AU  - Norihiro Kido
AU  - Takanori Kawaguchi
AU  - Mariko Omura
AU  - Ryoichi Tosa
TI  - Disseminated Aspergillosis Associated With Tsunami Lung
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.01701
DP  - 2012 Oct 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 1674--1678
VI  - 57
IP  - 10
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/10/1674.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/10/1674.full
AB  - 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.