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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 Sep 12;53(11):1574–1581. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24161

Table 3:

Cast Histology

Cast Histology n (%) BAL Neutrophil Count, per 100 cells BAL Lymphocyte Count, per 100 cells BAL Eosinophil Count, per 100 cells
Lymphocytic Proteinaceous (n=19)
 With neutrophils 12 (63%) 43 (20-61) 13 (12-21) 0 (0-0)
  Embedded in proteinaceous material 1
  Peripheral in mucin 7 43 (11-57) 17 (12-27) 0 (0-0)
  Both 4 42 (22-85) 12 (5-13) 0 (0-0)
 With neutrophils (peripheral) and eosinophils 2 (11%) 44 21 11
 Without eosinophils and neutrophils 5 (26%) 21 (9-22) 12 (9-34) 0 (0-5)
 Proteinaceous with positive cultures* 6 (32%) 22 (21-69) 12 (10-19) 0 (0-0)
 Proteinaceous with negative cultures 13 (69%) 21 (7-56) 20 (10-34) 0 (0-10)
Lymphocytic mixed mucinous and proteinaceous (n = 2)
 With neutrophils (peripheral) 1 54 5 0
 With neutrophils and eosinophils (both) 1 67 7 12
Lymphocytic mucinous with embedded neutrophils (n = 2) 2 30 25 0

Values are reported as number with percentage of total and median with IQR.

*

Positive cultures represent either positive BAL virology or BAL bacterial or fungal culture.