‘Hot tub lung’ hits whole Aussie family, doctors report

An Australian family has earned a unique place in medical history, becoming the first to all contract ‘hot tub lung’ from their indoor swimming pool.
Doctors from the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service have shared the story of five family members who contracted hypersensitivity pneumonitis, AKA hot tub lung, from aerosolised non-tuberculous mycobacteria typically found in hot steam water.