title: Disseminated aspergillosis associated with tsunami lung.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Aidu Chuo Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tagami
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tosa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D055732:Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D057192:Tsunamis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents