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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: May 22 3:50pm | Replies (20)

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@scoop Since last August/September, I have had colored phlegm, hard to clear at times. There was chronic coughing at first, but that's gone down considerably. Lots of ups and downs (took a lot of antibiotics, but nothing seemed to get me 100% over the hump). Eventually, I pushed my docs to give me a bronchoscopy. The bronchoscopy confirmed the steno, but also aspergillus and MAC.

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@tropauer are your doctors talking about treating the aspergillosis? I was very quickly started on an anti-fungal (voriconazole). The MAC tends to be slow-growing and since my symptoms were mild we waited to start antibiotics. I think that they sometimes treat both simultaneously as well.