Table 2.
Bronchoalveolar lavage findings
| Patient | Age (years)/gender | Macrophages % (cells × 106/L) | Lymphocytes % (cells × 106/L) | Neutrophils % (cells × 106/L) | Eosinophils % (cells × 106/L) | Mast cells/HPF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 51/F | 84 (97.4) | 5 (6) | 10 (12) | 1.1 (1) | 0 |
| 2 | 37/F | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | 36/F | 84 (99.54) | 12 (14) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 0 |
| 4 | 27/M | 80 (203) | 15 (38) | 5 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 |
| 5 | 57/F | 38 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 38/F | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | 54/M | 54 (188) | 8 (28) | 38 (132) | 0 (0) | 0 |
| 8 | 53/M | 38 (83.6) | 32 (70) | 30 (66) | 0 (10) | 10 |
| Median | 67 % | 10 % | 20 % | 0 % | 0/HPF |
Patient 2 was diagnosed only by nasopharyngeal swab. No BAL was performed. For patient 6, BAL was available, but no quantitative differential count of leukocytes was performed
F female, M male, HPF high power field at standard microscopy