title: Acute Lung Injury Accompanying Alveolar Hemorrhage Associated with Flu Vaccination in the Elderly.
abstract: Flu vaccinations are administered worldwide every winter for prevention. We herein describe a case of acute lung injury resulting from a pathologically confirmed alveolar hemorrhage, which may have been closely related to a preceding vaccination for pandemic influenza A of 2009/10. The present patient had been hospitalized with an acute lung injury after flu vaccination one year prior to the present hospitalization, however, he received another flu vaccination. We should consider a vaccine-related adverse reaction as a potential cause of pulmonary disease if patients present with this illness during the winter season.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ebina General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Takahito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nei
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuzu
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chubachi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: Namiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniuchi
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gemma
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines