Hot tub lung (HTL) is a pulmonary disease where a hypersensitivity pneumonitis is caused by exposure and inhalation of aerosolized non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) traditionally from hot water steam. HTL can affect both immunocompromised and healthy individuals, and diagnosis is dependent on high clinical suspicion in conjunction with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and microbiological evidence. We present, to our knowledge, the only case of HTL occurring from an indoor swimming pool affecting five members of a family, in which one member was not a resident of the household.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- healthcare
- pulmonary hypertension
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient safety
- deep learning
- drug induced
- interstitial lung disease
- health risk
- risk assessment
- intensive care unit
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic sclerosis
- respiratory failure
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- heavy metals
- mechanical ventilation