Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4212770 | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
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 variations, in a manner similar to summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. This case demonstrates similarities between hot tub lung and summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis in regards to familial occurrence and seasonal changes in the disease state.
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Authors
Yoshihiro Kitahara, Yusuke Araki, Kikuo Nakano,