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MAC in sinuses + lungs?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: May 24 9:10pm | Replies (49)

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@sueinmn I'm seeing an ENT, an infectious disease Dr and allergist. I have asthma and that is being followed by my allergist. I had sinus surgery 7 months ago and have had several different types of infections in my sinuses since then. The surgery was to fix the chronic sinusitis but it has t. It's one thing after another. Most recently the MAC infection. It's possibly what I've had all along which is making me more succeptible to other infections. Would an X-ray show anything abnormal if it was a MAC infection in my lungs? Someone on here said they knew the exact strain of MAC so I figured there was some testing.

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@margiel17 A lung x-ray can detect the probability of an infection in your lungs, and another lung condition called Bronchiectasis, which people with Asthma may develop.
These are visible on a clear x-ray and once identified, a CT-scan is often ordered to clarify the extent of involvement. MAC infections have some specific characteristics, but it requires a sputum culture to find out if it is MAC & which one, and whether you may also have its ugly companions Pseudomonas or Aspergillosis.
Note: MAC cultures take 6-8 weeks to grow and allow testing to see which antibiotics your strain responds to.