Group | BAL culture cfu·mL−1 | Lung culture cfu·gr−1 | Blood | ||
More involved lobe | More preserved lobe | More involved lobe | More preserved lobe | ||
Control | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
Control | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
Control | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
CN Staphylococcus (103) | CN Staphylococcus (103) | ||||
Control | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa |
Control | P. aeruginosa (105) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
CN Staphylococcus (102) | |||||
CIP | Negative | CN Staphylococcus (103) | P. aeruginosa(102) | CN Staphylococcus (103) | Negative |
CIP | P. aeruginosa (103) | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative | Negative | Negative |
CIP | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (102) | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
CIP | Negative | Negative | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative | Negative |
CN Staphylococcus (103) | |||||
CIP | Negative | Negative | P. aeruginosa (104) | P. aeruginosa (104) | Negative |
CIP+GC | P. aeruginosa (102) | P. aeruginosa (102) | P. aeruginosa (102) | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative |
CIP+GC | Negative | Negative | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative | Negative |
CIP+GC | Negative | Negative | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative | Negative |
CIP+GC | P. aeruginosa (102) | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
CIP+GC | Negative | Negative | P. aeruginosa (103) | P. aeruginosa (103) | Negative |
BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; cfu: colony forming unit. P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; CIP: ciprofloxacin group; CIP+GC: ciprofloxacin plus glucocorticoid group; CN: coagulase-negative. All blood culture results were obtained as two consistent results from two tests.