Table 3.

Total differential cell and neutrophil counts and IL8 concentrations from the BAL fluid of patients with bronchiectasis with or without microorganisms with potential pathogenicity (MPP) *

	Control Subjects	Noncolonized Patients	Colonized Patients
Subjects, no	25	8	21
Number of cells (× 103)	88.96 ± 7.59	91.86	92.00‡
Neutrophils (× 103)	2.04 ± 1.06	14.54†	16.63‡
Neutrophils, %	2.33 ± 1.29	13.09†	15.25‡
IL-8 (pg/ml)	1.04 ± 1.17	35.86†	41.75‡

* Values are mean ± SD.

† p = 0.05 comparing control subjects versus noncolonized patients

‡ p = 0.05 comparing colonized and noncolonized patients