Can someone explain to me what an abscesses is? And how does the sputum test see that? Or know that? Wouldn't that be the same as testing positive again for Mac on the sputumn culture? I'm just asking because I had a large abscessed cavity in my lung. I just had a CT scan done a week ago and it has completely resolved. I'm not really sure what that means yet because I don't see my infectious disease doctor until middle of November. But it said on the CT scan that The abscess/ cavity has completely resolved, there is no nodules and no consolidation. I didn't think that cavity is could go away. And I just thought the abscess was part of the cavitery Mac. I'm really confused! If someone could just explain this in layman's terms, I'd really appreciate it. How can you have mac abscess but be Mac negative? or am I misunderstanding something?! Thanks everyone!
Angela