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. 2015 Apr 3:557–582.e22. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4557-3383-5.00033-6

eTable 33-7.

Possible Diseases Depending on Differential Cell Count in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

PREDOMINANCE OF POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES

  • Bacterial infection

  • Organizing pneumonia

PREDOMINANCE OF LYMPHOCYTES

  • Tuberculosis

  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

  • Sarcoidosis

  • Fibrosis

HEMOSIDERIN-LADEN MACROPHAGES
Alveolar hemorrhage
EOSINOPHILS

  • Pulmonary eosinophilia

  • Fungal infection

  • Pneumocystis jirovecii

  • Systemic diseases

  • Drug-induced disease