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Scedosporium aurantiacum brain abscess after near-drowning in a survivor of a tsunami in Japan
- Source :
- Respiratory Investigation. 51:207-211
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- Many victims of the tsunami that occurred following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 developed systemic disorders owing to aspiration pneumonia. Herein, we report a case of tsunami lung wherein Scedosporium aurantiacum was detected in the respiratory tract. A magnetic resonance image of the patient's head confirmed multiple brain abscesses and lateral right ventricle enlargement. In this case report, we describe a potential refractory multidrug-resistant infection following a tsunami disaster.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Antifungal Agents
Delayed Diagnosis
Brain Abscess
Poison control
Near Drowning
Aspiration pneumonia
Scedosporium aurantiacum
Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Japan
Amphotericin B
Humans
Medicine
Scedosporium
Survivors
Brain abscess
Aged
Lung Diseases, Fungal
Scedosporium prolificans
biology
business.industry
Lateral right
Scedosporium apiospermum
Triazoles
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
Pyrimidines
Tsunamis
Female
Voriconazole
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22125345
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Respiratory Investigation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bd7ccc321f89271a71445bb19e9db443