humidifier lung

humidifier lung
hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of air that has been passed through humidifiers, dehumidifiers, or air conditioners contaminated by any of a variety of fungi, amebas, or thermophilic actinomycetes. See also humidifier fever, under fever.

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