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. 2019 Feb 26;19:51. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0801-2

Table 3.

BAL microbiology results

n (%)
Bacterial
 Total 43
  Mycobacterium tuberculosis 13 (30.2%)
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa 8 (18.6%)
  Klebsiella spp. 5 (11.6%)
  Enterococcus spp. 4 (9.3%)
  Stentotrophomonas maltophilia 4 (9.3%)
  Staphylococcus aureus 2 (4.7%)
  Acinetobacter baumannii 1 (2.3%)
  Escherichia coli 1 (2.3%)
  Mycobacterium abscessus 1 (2.3%)
  Mycobacterium avium 1 (2.3%)
  Nocardia sp. 1 (2.3%)
  Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 (2.3%)
  Streptococcus anginosus 1 (2.3%)
Fungal Microscopy/Culture
 Total 51
  Pneumocystis jirovecii 37 (72.5%)
  Aspergillus spp. 10 (19.6%)
  Cryptococcus spp. 3 (5.9%)
  Phaeoacremonium spp. 1 (2.0%)
Viral
 Total 64
  Cytomegalovirus 16 (25.0%)
  Rhinovirus 12 (18.8%)
  Coronavirus 9 (14.1%)
  Parainfluenza 9 (14.1%)
  Influenza 7 (10.9%)
  Respiratory syncytial virus 7 (10.9%)
  Adenovirus 3 (4.7%)
  Metapneumovirus 1 (1.6%)