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. 2019 Nov 23;52(6):920–928. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2019.10.009

Table 2.

Number of pathogens per single specimen, data by specimen type.

Detections Negative Positive 1 analyte 2 analytes 3 analytes 4 analytes 5 analytes 6 analytes 7 analytes 8 analytes
BAL 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bronchial wash 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sputum 16 24 11 7 4 0 0 1 0 1
Total 26 (44.1%) 33 (55.9%) 19 8 4 0 0 1 0 1
(57.6%) (24.2%) (12.1%) (3.0%) (3.0%)