title: Pseudomembranous bronchitis (non-diphtherial) resulting in sudden death: an autopsy report.
abstract: A 69-year-old woman was admitted because of dyspnea. Thereafter, she fell into a state of shock. Resuscitation was attempted but she did not respond to it and died on the second hospital day. According to the autopsy findings, a wide range of area from the larynx to the trachea was covered with pseudomembrane. In the culture of bacteria, alpha Streptococcus and Corynebacterium genus (non-diphtherial) were all that was detected. These findings suggest that pseudomembranous lesion, an endogenous foreign matter of the air passage should be suspected when a patient presents with sudden dyspnea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ogikubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akutsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okudaira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005337:Fibrin; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D005337:Fibrin