Combined results of tests forStreptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in 36 controls
| Results regarding S. pneumoniae | Results regarding H. influenzae | Controls with the indicated result combination notedƒ | |||
| BAL culture# | BAL mPCR¶ | BAL culture+ | BAL mPCR§ | ||
| Controls with lung malignancy## | - | + | - | - | 1 |
| + | + | - | + | 1 | |
| + | - | + | + | 1 | |
| - | - | + | + | 3 | |
| - | - | - | + | 5 | |
| - | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Controls with no pathology identified¶¶ | - | + | - | - | 1 |
| + | - | - | + | 1 | |
| - | + | - | + | 1 | |
| - | - | + | 2 | ||
| - | - | - | - | 9 | |
BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; mPCR: multiplex PCR; +: positive; -: negative. #: positive, n = 3; ¶: positive, n = 4; +: positive, n = 4; §: positive, n = 14; ƒ: number of patients with the certain combination of results of the previous four columns; ##: n = 22; ¶¶: n = 14.