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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
Three Cases of Tsunami Lung in which Genus Scedosporium was isolated |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Yuji Hatakeyama1), Yuki Yamada1), Kiyoko Furukawa1), Kazuya Narita1), Katsunori Ishifuji1), Makiko Kurota1), Hiroshi Kon1), Kyoko Yarita2), Katsuhiko Kamei2), Akira Suwabe1),3) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Central Clinical Laboratory, Iwate Medical University Hospital
2) Division of Clinical Research, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University
3) Department of Laboratory Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 22 (4), 289-297, 2012 |
| Received |
July 3, 2012 |
| Accepted |
October 25, 2012 |
| Abstract |
We reported three cases in which genus Scedosporium was isolated from tsunami lung in the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011). Three cases were transferred to the hospital after being nearly drowned. The case 1 was a 33 year old woman who suffers from severe pneumonia and S. apiospermum (Pseudallescheria apiosperma) and S. prolificans were isolated from her sputum. The case 2 was a 68 year old woman who complained about bloody sputum and chest pain and S. aurantiacum was isolated from her sputum. The case 3 was a 59 year old woman who suffers from bilateral infiltrative pneumonia and S. apiospermum (P. apiosperma) was isolated from her bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Their blood levels of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (pg/ml) were high at 48.4, 47.8, and 94.5, respectively. Based on the reports that genus Scedosporium was isolated from the nearly drowned patients in the Sumatra earthquake, it is important to keep scedosporiosis in mind in the patients with tsunami lungs or infections after nearly drowning. |
| Keywords |
Scedosporium apiospermum (Pseudallescheria apiosperma), Scedosporium prolificans, Scedosporium aurantiacum |
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