Several persons working in an exercise gym acquired an acute diseasecharacterized by fever, cough, pneumonia, and headache. Treatmentwith erythromycin cleared it up. The source was never found, but anenvironmental focus was suspected.a. What do you think might have caused the disease?b. People in a different gym got skin lesions after sitting in aredwood hot tub. Which pathogen could have caused that?

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