Children with malignancies#
| Patient | Age yrs | Sex | Diagnosis | Pathogens in BAL fluid | PBL cells·µL−1 | Infiltrates on chest radiography | Steroids in last 2 weeks | Outcome¶ |
| 1 | 5.3 | F | ALL | None | 2600 | Diffuse, interstitial | Yes | Died |
| 2 | 5.0 | F | ALL | None | 800 | Diffuse, interstitial | Yes | Died |
| 3 | 7.8 | F | AML | None | 300 | Focal, consolidated right S4 | No | Unchanged |
| 4 | 7.9 | F | AML | Paecilomyces | 2000 | Focal, consolidated right S4 | No | Improved |
| 5 | 3.2 | M | AML | None | 48100 | Diffuse, nodular | No | Died |
| 6 | 2.0 | F | AML | Aspergillus | 800 | Focal, consolidated right S4/S6 | No | Improved |
| 7 | 2.2 | F | AML | None | 2300 | Focal, consolidated right S4/S6 | No | Improved |
| 8 | 13.8 | M | ALL, 74 days after BMT | Aspergillus | 10000 | Focal, consolidated right S4/S8 | No | Improved |
| 9 | 13.9 | M | ALL, 133 days after BMT | None | 3600 | Focal, consolidated right S4/S8 | Yes | Died |
| 10 | 6.3 | F | ALL, 17 days after BMT | None | 62000 | Diffuse, interstitial | No | Died |
| 11 | 14.2 | F | SAA, 84 days after BMT | None | NA | Diffuse, nodular | No | Improved |
| 12 | 15.6 | F | ALL | Pseudomonas putida | 2200 | Focal, consolidated left S8 | Yes | Improved |
| 13 | 16.5 | M | HD | Cytomegalovirus | 14000 | Diffuse, interstitial | No | Improved |
| 14 | 16.0 | M | ALL | Aspergillus | 9000 | Focal, consolidated right S4 | No | Improved |
| 15 | 4.2 | M | ALL | None | 4900 | Focal, consolidated lingula | No | Improved |
| 16 | 7.6 | M | AML | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 600 | Focal, consolidated right S8 | No | Improved |
| 17 | 11.1 | M | SAA | None | NA | Focal, consolidated lingula | Yes | Improved |
| 18 | 13.0 | F | ALL | None | 1100 | Diffuse, interstitial | Yes | Improved |
| 19 | 7.0 | M | AML | Aspergillus | 3800 | Diffuse, interstitial | Yes | Died |
| 20 | 9.0 | M | ALL | None | NA | Focal, consolidated left S1 | No | Improved |
| 21 | 14.0 | M | AML | Aspergillus | 4000 | Focal, consolidated right S4 | No | Improved |
| 22 | 8.2 | M | AML | None | 300 | Diffuse, interstitial | No | Died |
| 23 | 14.5 | F | NHL | Lactobacillus | 100 | Focal, consolidated right S9 | Yes | Improved |
| 24 | 4.5 | M | RSA | None | 3600 | Focal, consolidated right lung | No | Died |
BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage
PBL: peripheral blood leucocytes
F: female
ALL: acute lymphocytic leukaemia
AML: acute myeloid leukaemia
M: male
BMT: bone marrow transplantation
SAA: severe aplastic anaemia
NA: not available
HD: Hodgkin's disease
NHL: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
RSA: rhabdomyosarcoma
#: all presented with fever
¶: of current episode