Mycobacterium Kasasii And MAC

Posted by lbrooklyn @lbrooklyn, 4 days ago

Hi, I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis this past December. Then after a CT they said it appeared that I have MAC as well. I had my sputum test and it showed a weakly positive result. Today my pulmonologist called me that I also grew Mycobacterium Kasasii. This was 6 weeks later. He now wants me to have another CT to see if my lungs have worsened. Mind you I just had a pulmonary function test on Friday and it showed improvement from three months ago. And since I’m not really showing any symptoms, he said last Friday that I should come back in December Is it possible for the specimen to be a false positive? I asked him why don’t we do another sputum first and he said because it will take another six weeks to grow. I am so upset about this. Sorry for this long post but I’m hoping someone may have had a similar experience.

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lbrooklyn | @lbrooklyn | 2 days ago

Hi, I’m so sorry to hear what you’ve gone through. So upsetting. No they did not do a bronchoscopy because so far there is no indication for it. I am not short of breath nor my coughing. He said that once I do the CT and if he sees worsening results on my scan that he may opt for a bronchoscopy to verify.