Table 2—

Combined results of tests forStreptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in 156 patients with lower respiratory tract infection

Results regarding S. pneumoniae			Results regarding H. influenzae		Patients with the indicated result combination noted^##
Blood culture and/or urinary antigen test^#	BAL culture and/or sputum culture^¶	BAL mPCR⁺	BAL culture and/or sputum culture^§	BAL mPCR^ƒ	Patients with the indicated result combination noted^##
+	-	+	-	-	6
-	+	+	-	-	8
-	+	-	-	-	1
-	-	+	-	-	14
+	+	+	-	+	1
+	-	+	+	+	1
+	-	+	-	+	2
+	-	-	+	+	1
+	-	-	-	+	1
-	+	+	-	+	1
-	-	+	+	+	3
-	-	+	+	-	2
-	-	+	-	+	6
-	-	-	+	+	23
-	-	-	+	-	2
-	-	-	-	+	34
-	-	-	-	-	49
No test performed	-	-	-	-	1

BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; mPCR: multiplex PCR; +: positive; -: negative. ^#: positive, n = 12; ^¶: positive, n = 11; ⁺: positive, n = 44; ^§: positive, n = 32; ^ƒ: positive, n = 73; ^##: the number of patients with the certain combination of results of the first five columns.