Table 2.

Patient Characteristics and Antibiotic Use in the 48 h Before Flexible Bronchoscopy With Bronchoalveolar Lavage

		Age, months		Sex, %		Receipt of antibiotic ≤48h before flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, no. (%) of patients
Group	No. of patients	Median	Range	Female	Male	Yes	No
NR-CAP	127	33.1	1.0–171.6	49	51	98 (77)	29 (23)
Lobar pneumonia	53	37.1	5.0–171.6	47	53	46 (87)	7 (13)
Bronchopneumonia	64	29.1	1.0–136.5	50	50	42 (66)	22 (34)
Pneumonia and pleural effusion	10	47.7	3.0–93.3	50	50	10 (100)	0 (0)
Rec-CAP	123	33.1	4.0–170.6	43	57	29 (24)	86 (70)a

NOTE. NR-CAP, nonresponding community-acquired pneumonia; Rec-CAP, recurrent community-acquired pneumonia.

^aAntibiotic use unknown in 8 children.