Two Cases of Hot Tub Lung in Bodyscrubbers Working in a Public Bath
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Bak, Ji Young
(Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine)
Kim, Kwang Sil (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Park, I-Nae (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Yum, Ho-Kee (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Lee, Seung Heon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Lee, Hyun-Kyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Lee, Young Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Jung, Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Hur, Jin-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Lee, Seong Soon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Lee, Hyuk Pyo (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Choi, Soo Jeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Shin, Eun Ah (Department of Pathology, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) Choi, Sang Bong (Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, Inje University Collage of Medicine) |
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