[The pathomorphology of the pulmonary infectious complications in acute radiation sickness (based on the autopsy data from persons who died as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
The lungs from 27 patients who died from acute radiation sickness in Chernobyl accident were studied histologically. Pulmonary infectious complications were found caused by invasion of viral, bacterial and fungal agents. 2 cases with cytomegaloviral pneumonitis, 3 with focal bronchopneumonia and 3 with pulmonary candidiasis are described. Being dependent on hematopoietic function, the inflammatory reactions were not pronounced in postirradiation aplasia and became evident in the recovery.
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Kvacheva
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine
Patomorfologiia legochnykh infektsionnykh oslozhneniĭ ostroĭ luchevoĭ bolezni (po materialam autopsiĭ lits, pogibshikh v rezul'tate avarii na Chernobyl'skoĭ AES.