Oh, Moldie, you wouldn't believe......I have just finished 3 rounds of antibiotics to clear up what was like bronchial pneumonia. My daughter had had a horrible dry cough a couple of months back. The pediatrician never could hear anything in her chest and put her on prednisone (which just killed me to put her on it, yet, again). Her trich (sp) tube was horribly inflamed and any breath of air was causing horrible coughing spasms. Well, give or take a few weeks, and I come down with the same type cough(down to my toes, I tell ya) but mine does finally become sort of loose. I finally go to the doctor as I have never had anything quite that bad and her favorite drug to use is Augmentin. Well, I should have remembered from my throat infection back in December, it wouldn't work. I got worse and worse and worse. I had to call my Denver allergist and he told me from just hearing me that it sounded like bronchial pneumonia and WHY IN THE HECK DID SHE PUT YOU ON AUGMENTIN? He said that I should be on Zithromax. In the meantime, Kelsey gets the same thing I have and her pedicatrician does put her on zithromax. I then remembered I had a refill of zithromax back from December and I filled it. Lo and behold, just a couple of days later, I was feeling a bit better. I finished it up and was still coughing pretty bad. Ended back at the doctor again and said NO MORE Augmentin and I ended up with a shot, a breathing treatment, another zithromax pack, accolate and inhalers! I couldn't believe it. The doctor said I still had a sticky wad in my chest and I just couldn't cough it up if I had to. So, I have been off the antibiotic for about a week and I am sooo much better but still very lightly coughing. It catches me off guard and hurts so bad. So guess who is now with a headful of congestion? My daughter again. She is to leave for camp this weekend so I am watching her closely. I put her on guaifen and it is helping a bunch. She is coughing it up and feels a lot better now. Ya know, Moldie, I had read that mycoplasma infections come from upper respiratory infections and I had so many of those growing up and especially after having my first child before I got diagnosed with my allergies and then of course, everything went downhill from there.As far as I know, so far, the Antibiotic Protocol is treating with the Minocin, as you don't seem to get resistant to it. I know they will treat you with an antifungal if you come down with a yeast infection but supposedly with minocin, you don't normally get yeast infections with that med? I will keep you posted.