. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Microbes Infect. 2006 Dec 15;9(1):78–86. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.10.012

Table 2.

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell profiles (×10⁴ cells/ml) ^a

Groups	White Blood cells	Neutrophils	Macrophages	Lymphocytes
4 h
Mp infection	12.0 (6.0–18.5)	10.2 (5.0–17.1)	1.2 (0.9–1.6)	0.2 (0.1–0.2)
Saline control	1.5 (1.3–4.0)	0.2 (0.1–0.2)	1.3 (1.0–3.7)	0.1 (0.1–0.1)
Day 1
Mp infection	45.0 (38.3–74.5)^*	43.2 (36.8–70.4)^*	2.1 (0.9–3.9)	0.3 (0.2–0.6)^*
Saline control	3.5 (1.0–5.8)	0.1 (0.1–0.4)	3.4 (0.9–5.3)	0.02 (0.01–0.1)
Day 3
Mp infection	29.8 (16.6–86.5)^*	20.6 (9.1–68.3)^*	8.3 (5.4–15.3)	2.4 (1.9–3.6)^*
Saline control	8.0 (6.5–10.3)	0.1 (0–0.1)	7.8 (6.4–10.1)	0.06 (0.03–0.2)
Day 7
Mp infection	3.5 (1.9–6.0)	0.1 (0.1–0.7)	3.0 (1.6–4.8)	0.2 (0.1–0.4)
Saline control	2.5 (1.5–7.8)	0.1 (0–0.1)	2.4 (1.4–7.6)	0.03 (0.01–0.1)

M. pneumoniae (Mp) infection groups (n=10/group) and Saline control groups (n=5/group) at 4 h, days 1, 3 and 7. Data are expressed as medians (25–75% range).

p < 0.01, Wilcoxon rank-sum test between Mp group and Saline group at the same time point.