I would bet cause. have mild to moderate BE and mild asthma or reactive airway disease. NJH and my local doc don't agree about me having asthma. I was diagnosed with MAB back in November and started nebulizing with 7%. My ID doctor suggested I go to 3% but both my local pulmonary doctor and NJH ID stressed I needed to get back on 7%, which I did. I do not get infections like I used to while I'm nebulizing, so I will continue twice per day for maybe 12 months after l I get 3 negative MAB cultures and then maybe reduce to 1/day or less for prevention. I'm just not sure and want to get more stats on how long it takes to go from culture conversion to cured. I have taken a lot of precautions in the home to avoid reinfection.
A few times, I felt like I was coming down with something and I just kept up with my daily nebulizing and exercising and the feelings passed. I plan on nebulizing for the rest of my life-just not sure of frequency-yet. So far, I got my first negative MAB culture and now my 2nd culture is negative after 3 weeks of incubation. MAB is fast growing-faster than MAC, so I'm hopeful.