Cystic fibrosis subjects with ≥1×105 cfu·mL−1 of bacteria in their bronchalveolar lavage
| Nature of infection | Subject number | Age months | Sex | Lobe | BAL order | Pathogen | cfu.mL−1 | % n# | IL-8 pg.mL−1 |
| Focal | 1 | 55 | F | RML | 1st | M. catarrhalis | 1×108 | 70 | 217 |
| Lingula | 2nd | M. catarrhalis | 1×104 | 73 | 135 | ||||
| 2 | 52 | F | RML | 2nd | B. cepacia | 1×105 | 50 | 5968 | |
| H. influenzae | 1×104 | ||||||||
| S. aureus | 1×103 | ||||||||
| P. aeruginosa | 1×102 | ||||||||
| Lingula | 1st | H. influenzae | 1×102 | 43 | 1417 | ||||
| 3 | 35 | F | RML | 1st | M. catarrhalis | 1×105 | 56 | 6300 | |
| Lingula | 2nd | No pathogens | — | 62 | 1493 | ||||
| 4 | 24 | M | RML | 2nd | S. aureus | 1×106 | 77 | 362 | |
| Lingula | 1st | S. aureus | 1×104 | 17 | 878 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | M | RML | 2nd | S. aureus | 1×105 | 69 | 1587 | |
| Lingula | 1st | S. aureus | 1×101 | 24 | 2922 | ||||
| 6 | 37 | F | RML | 2nd | P. aeruginosa | 1×105 | 80 | 389 | |
| Lingula | 1st | P. aeruginosa | 1×104 | 95 | 757 | ||||
| Bilateral | 7 | 57 | M | RML | 2nd | P. aeruginosa | 1×108 | 51 | 1672 |
| Lingula | 1st | P. aeruginosa | 1×107 | 67 | 1436 | ||||
| 8 | 52 | F | RML | 2nd | P. aeruginosa | 1×107 | 85 | 9805 | |
| Lingula | 1st | P. aeruginosa | 1×106 | 91 | 4908 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | F | RML | 1st | M. catarrhalis | 1×106 | 51 | 372 | |
| Lingula | 2nd | M. catarrhalis | 1×105 | 50 | 442 |
Colony forming units·mL−1 of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid
percentage neutrophils. RML: right middle lobe; IL-8: interleukin-8