Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 340 patients with pneumonia in whom bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavages (BALs) were performed

Values are presented as number (%) or median (range).

ICU, intensive care unit.

^aChronic kidney disease is defined as a decreased kidney glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m² for ≥ 3 mon.