RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disseminated Aspergillosis Associated With Tsunami Lung
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1674
OP 1678
DO 10.4187/respcare.01701
VO 57
IS 10
A1 Yutaka Kawakami
A1 Takashi Tagami
A1 Takashi Kusakabe
A1 Norihiro Kido
A1 Takanori Kawaguchi
A1 Mariko Omura
A1 Ryoichi Tosa
YR 2012
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/57/10/1674.abstract
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.