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Sputum Test submissions and outcome results
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 26 7:09pm | Replies (81)Comment receiving replies
Yes. I have had a series of doing 3 in a row of 3 weeks and some were positive and some were not. My ID doctor said they call it smooths when they’re different and it’s probably due to contaminated slides or testing equipment. She said ignore it.
I can’t say , considering my condition now a year later, that that was the prudent thing to do. I now have pseudomonas and various other bacteria which I have gotten completely different ways to deal with. I’m hoping to get into NJH so I can get some clarification and proper treatment
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@toni4501 I believe that what you have said and due to my own experience with the local pulmonologist in OKC and the lab used by the local pulmonologist causes me to believe, that in the big picture it would be best for all who are told they have BE, they should be sure the lab that the pulmonologist sends the sputum to is as good as the NJH or Tyler labs. I am not familiar with the Mayo lab in terms of it compared to NJH or Tyler.
Glad you are going to try and get into NJH. I should have gone sooner to NJH but I had put off making the appointment with NJH for approximately 1 year from the time the local PCP ordered the CScan to say 'You have BE." It was at NJH that I found out I was walking around with an infection in my lungs, MAI. Thankfully is was found to be at a low load and only one bacteria in me.
Barbara