Table 3.
Diagnostic Yield of Bronchoalveolar Lavage by Radiologic Appearance
| BAL Diagnosis | No. of Patients | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hematologic | Nonhematologic | |||||||||
| Total | Con | Radiology | Int | Total | Con | Radiology | Int | |||
| GG | Nod | GG | Nod | |||||||
| Bacteria | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fungi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mycobacteria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Viruses | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Multiple pathogens | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Noninfectious | 3a | 2 | 1 | 14b | 8 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
Con indicates consolidation; GG, ground glass; Nod, nodular; Int, interstitial; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage.
a
Included 3 patients with malignancies.
b
Included 1 patient with alveolar proteinosis and 13 patients with malignancies.