Pulmonary illness associated with exposure to Mycobacterium-avium complex in hot tub water: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis or infection?

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 813-816

  Embil, John ^a   Warren, Peter ^a,c   Yakrus, Mitchell ^b   Stark, Robert ^a   Corne, Stephen ^a   Forrest, Donna ^a   Hershfield, Earl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

atypical pneumonia; hot tub, water; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030938877     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.813     Document Type: Article

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