The only symptom is persistent congestion, along with a lot of dark green/dark brown sputum, very sticky, despite three daily sessions with a nebulizer and SmartVest. I occasionally get some shortness of breath and chest pain, but I think the chest pain is just due to periodic coughing fits, because the mucus sometimes tends to get stuck in my air pipe and causes me to cough pretty violently until I can clear it out ...not to get too gross in my description!

I'm getting pretty discouraged, and my coughing episodes have frequently been very painful. I'm due to see my Infectious Disease doctor at Mayo again in mid-September, but so far there doesn't seem to be a lot of experience with an Achromobacter infection as best I can tell. Personal opinion: it's making my Bronchiectasis worse.