Scedosporium aurantiacum brain abscess after near-drowning in a survivor of a tsunami in Japan

Nakamura, Yutaka; Suzuki, N.; Nakajima, Yoshio; Utsumi, Yu; Murata, Okinori; Nagashima, Hiromi; Saito, Heisuke; Sasaki, Nobuyuki; Fujimura, Itaru; Ogino, Yoshinobu; Kato, Kuniki; Terayama, Yasuo; Miyamoto, Shinya; Yarita, Kyoko; Kamei, Katsuhiko; Nakadate, Toshihide; Endo, Shunsuke; Shibuya, Kazutoshi; Yamauchi, Kohei

doi:10.1016/j.resinv.2013.07.001

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“…“Tsunami lung,” a type of aspiration pneumonia, occurs when a person being swept by tsunami waves inhaled salt water contaminated with various substances such as sludge, chemicals, heavy metals, oil, and bacteria, making lung damage more complex. Several reports identified cases of “tsunami lung” after the 2011 disaster . In these cases, lung lesions could be caused by infection with bacteria and fungi, etc The lung lesions could also be necrotizing or organizing pneumonia.…”

Section: Disaster Associated Lung Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Update of occupational lung disease

Suganuma

Natori

Kurosawa

et al. 2019

Journal of Occupational Health

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Objective Occupational Lung Disease is an oldest but still a biggest problem in occupational health. Methods Steering Committee members of the Japan Society for Occupational Health (JSOH) Occupational Lung Disease Study Group selected and summarized current topics on occupational lung diseases based on expert opinion, as informed by governmental regulation, public health concerns, and frequently discussed in related academic conferences. Results The topics included in this review are professional education in medical screening skills, 2014 update of Helsinki Criteria, respiratory diseases found in the earthquake and tsunami affected regions, newly recognized occupational lung diseases, and potential respiratory health hazards. Discussions Although occupational lung diseases seem to stay as one of the major concerns in occupational health, screening tools and control measures are standardized for the better prevention of the diseases. As this health problem usually occurs in where the most actively economically developing area is, the patients tend to increase in emerging economic powers with huge population.

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Section: Disaster Associated Lung Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Update of occupational lung disease

Suganuma

Natori

Kurosawa

et al. 2019

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…However, infections are also increasingly recognized in the Netherlands, UK, California, Southern USA, Korea, Germany and France [4, 7, 14, 22, 27, 28, 29••]. Of interest, many reports of clinical S. aurantiacum infection have been reported from Australia [5,18], the Netherlands [30], Spain [13] and Japan [31]. The major epidemiological features between the three main groups of pathogenic Scedosporium fungi are summarized in Table 1.…”

Section: Environmental and Worldwide Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, S. aurantiacum has had a propensity to be recovered from the airways patients with CF and other chronic suppurative lung disease (Table 1) [1,5,12,18]. The species is also associated with invasive pulmonary, neurological, ocular or bone and joint infections [30,31]. Discrete small papular skin lesions are considered to be characteristic of disseminated L. prolificans infection [3,27].…”

Section: Clinical Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cases have been reported in survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 and in a survivor of tsunami in Japan in 2011 [31,59]. Infection tends to occur days to weeks after the accident [59] often after the patient has made some initial recovery [31,57,58]. Katragkou et al reviewed 22 cases of near drowningassociated cases reported in the literature from 1950 to 2006.…”

Section: Infection Related To Near-drowning Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Epidemiology of Scedosporiosis

Subedi

Chen

2015

Curr Fungal Infect Rep

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Infections due to Scedosporium/Pseudallescheria species are increasingly recognized in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Patients with organ and stem cell transplants and malignancy are at high risk for infection. Infection is also acquired through trauma and near-drowning incidents. Scedosporium apiospermum complex and Lomentospora prolificans (previously Scedosporium prolificans) account for most infections. Increasing use of sequencing-based molecular tools to identify these fungi has enabled better understanding of species-specific differences in geographical distribution, clinical epidemiology and presentation. S. apiospermum complex infections occur worldwide, affect diverse host groups and has protean clinical manifestations. L. prolificans typically causes infection in immunocompromised patients and is associated with disseminated infection and high mortality. S. aurantiacum (a member of S. apiospermum complex) has a propensity to be isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung disease. Case clusters of L. prolificans infection have occurred. Appreciation of epidemiology is important to inform rapid diagnostics and antifungal therapy.

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“…This organism can cause infections in not only immunocompromised hosts but also immunocompetent hosts. This organism has recently gained attention because of several reports about severe infections in tsunami survivors [1], [2], [3]. The identification of S. apiospermum is generally based on mycology culture, but colony formation usually takes time.…”

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Rapid development of a mycotic aneurysm of the intracranial artery secondary to Scedosporium apiospermum sinusitis

Ogawa

Sato

Tashiro

et al. 2016

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An 85-year-old man complained of a 2-month history of pain on the left side of his face. Brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance angiography did not clearly show any intracranial abnormality and only showed fluid effusion in his left sphenoid sinus. Filamentous fungi were detected from the left sphenoid sinus specimen. The isolate was Scedosporium apiospermum. He was empirically treated with voriconazole, to which the isolate was susceptible. His consciousness decreased rapidly. Urgent 3D-CT angiography revealed an intracranial aneurysm near the left sphenoid sinus. Despite urgent coil embolization, the aneurysm ruptured, and he died.

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Scedosporium aurantiacum brain abscess after near-drowning in a survivor of a tsunami in Japan

Cited by 40 publications

References 10 publications

Update of occupational lung disease

Update of occupational lung disease

Epidemiology of Scedosporiosis

Rapid development of a mycotic aneurysm of the intracranial artery secondary to Scedosporium apiospermum sinusitis

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