Hot-tub lung: Hypersensitivity to Mycobacterium avium but not hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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Pneumonitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in hot tub water: infection or hypersensitivity?
We read with interest the paper by Embil et al (March 1997)1 because their first case resembled a patient we recently described in CHEST (January 1997).2 In our case, there was no doubt that we were dealing with an infection acquired from a hot tub. The patient's condition deteriorated despite discontinuation of the use of the hot tub, and dramatically improved after appropriate antimycobacteri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.03.041