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How long does it take for MAC to be diagnosed

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jun 23 12:53pm | Replies (17)
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@mamiebarker

My sputum sample was so small I was afraid that there would not be enough to culture. But they were able to use it to test for everything. I have gotten the results on everything but MAC... I am told that it takes a bit longer to culture.

I am about 8 weeks in

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blm1007blm1007 | @blm1007blm1007 | Mar 1 5:17pm

Thank you.
Doing the waiting game now with fingers crossed for good news.
Hope we both do not have to hear the words 'MAC found'.

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pacathy | @pacathy | Mar 2 5:33pm

At 8 weeks, I would call and ask about results. I’ve used 3 labs and two of them got results out in the dot of 6 weeks. I had some other organisms on third and got those results at different times with the negative MAC results coming about 6.5 weeks. (I have bronchiectasis but not MAC.)

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