Table 5.
Median BAL CXCL9 concentrations by infection type
Sample | CXCL9 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Size | pg/ml | p-value | |
Healthy | 532 | 349 | |
Bacteria | 40 | 1,359 | 0.004 |
Virus | 16 | 6,278 | 0.014 |
Fungus / mycobacterium | 13 | 1,940 | 0.016 |
ƚ Mixed effects model comparing with healthy biopsies. Definition of abbreviations: BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage, pg/ml = picogram/milliliter.