Characterization of functional, radiologic and lung function recovery post-treatment of hot tub lung. A case report and review of the literature

Lung

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Marchetti, Nathaniel ^a   Criner, Katharine ^a   Criner, Gerard J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot tub; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare; Nontuberculous mycobacterium; Pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BATH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOT TUB LUNG; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 14944342386     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-004-2508-1     Document Type: Article

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