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I’m all new to this forum. Can you tell me what MAC is? I have bronchiectasis and recently did a sputum sample with positive results of pneumonia and influenzae bacteria. It has been a gnarly ride! If I had MAC would it have shown up in the sputum culture?🤷🏼♀️
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IT is a specific sputum test your Dr would order. And as stated takes a long time for results.
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It takes about six weeks for MAC to show up in a culture.
This is from the American Lung Association:
“MAC lung disease is an infection caused a group of bacteria called Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). MAC includes two closely related species, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare, and may also be referred to as MAI. MAC is one of a large group of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), and the most common cause of NTM lung disease in the U.S.”