@jo ann k....l am from near Milwaukee in Wisconsin...,,,the Aurora system infectious disease dr was about to put me on the big three antibiotics after one culture of MAI taken on bronchoscopy.....l had already gone to NJH workshop on NTM in Denver....coincidently was visiting daughter in Denver when the workshop was being held. So I told the ID doctor from Aurora that l was getting second opinion.....lthink there are a few more in this group from Wisconsin...what did they do????
By the way....on the second day of the 2 week scheduled visit to NJH they told me l DID NOT HAVE the infection but my cough and the positive culture was due to
-we in Wisconsin are considered by ATS as hot spot for NTM....it is in soil water and sometimes air
- due to my GERD l had aspirated the MAI from stomach into lungs hence found on bronchoscopy....but no signs of it /bronchiestasis on CAT scan.
I am followed annually and now every two years to be thorough and l have other stuff they follow...tdrell aka terri