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A case of familial hot tub lung
Hot tub lung is a lung disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex. We report the first case of familial hot tub lung appearing simultaneously in a husband and wife. Our case supports the consideration that hot tub lung is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis rather than an infectious lung disease. It also suggests that the state of hot tub lung changes seasonally depending on temperature variation...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2051-3380,2051-3380
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.682