Just wanted to share my good news and that is after 4months of the 3 antibotics my bronchcospy and sputum cultures came back clear for MAC. I found out recently that I did not have the cluster kind, so I had one of the better ones to have. Good news 12 more months (as long as cultures stay clear which I'll have to be tested for every 2 months for a year. Bad news is that my RA dr is wheening me off predisone and I developed a rash. Tool me off the E and the R for a week. Started the E first and the rash was back. Stopped it again let it clear and have taken the R now two days not noticing a rash yet. ID Dr is sending me to an allergy dr to try and desensitize me to the E meds. We'll see what they say. I still have high fevers and night sweats sometimes and my voice is not normal as well so I asked my reg dr to recommend me to Mayo, which one of their Pulmonologist is going to see me. ID dept didn't want to see me as they felt my course of treatme t was same as they would do (is how it was explained to me). I guess my Pulmonologist here thinks I might have interstitial lung disease, but I haven't heard that from him heard it from my ID dr, so we'll see what Dr at mayo thinks. Might even go for third opinion if they all recommend an open lung biopsy as I'm not too excited about having that done. But excited my cultures are clear and there, so far, is light at the end of my tunnel.