Characteristics of patients who died during the 28 days following bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
| Patient no | Group | Isolates from BAL fluid | Isolates from other sources | Death (days after BAL) | Additional comments |
| 1 | B | Enterococcus faecalis | Enterococcus(ph) | 4 | |
| 5 | A | Coagulase negativeStaphylococcus | Coagulase negativeStaphylococcus (ph, b) | 15 | |
| 10 | A | MultiresistantStaphylococcus;Enterococcus faecalis | MultiresistantStaphylococcus (b);Staphylococcus aureus (b);Aspergillus (sp, u);Candida (sp, rare) | 5 | |
| 12 | A | Legionella pneumophila | Negative | 16 | |
| 14 | B | Acinetobacter;E hermani | Candida (sp, ph) | 18 | |
| 24 | B | Candida | Candida(ph, sp) | 21 | Patient refused antifugal therapy after 3 days of treatment |
| 27 | A | Negative | Negative | 6 | |
| 28 | A | Legionella pneumophila | Acinetobacter (sp);Staphylococcus aureus (sp, ph) | 24 | |
| 33 | B | M tuberculosis | Negative | 3 | |
| 34 | A | Negative | Aspergillus(sp); Candida (sp, ph, f) | 3 | |
| 39 | A | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Capnocytophaga;Staphylococcus | Staphylococcus(ph) | 5 | |
| 44 | B | Aspergillus fumigatus;Candida | Aspergillus fumigatus (sp); Candida(sp) | 20 | |
| 47 | A | Aspergillus fumigatus; Candida; Streptococcus; Lactobacillus | Candida (sp, f) | 15 | Necropsy: fungal pneumonia |
| 48 | A | MultiresistantStaphylococcus | Negative | 26 | |
| 60 | B | Negative | Negative | 2 | |
| 64 | A | Enterococcus faecalis | Negative | 12 | |
| 70 | B | Candida | Candida(ph); Klebsiella pneumoniae(ph) | 1 | |
| 71 | A | Negative | Negative | 20 | ARDS, pneumothorax related to mechanical ventilation |
| 78 | B | Candida | Candida(ph, f) Staph aureus(ph) | 19 | |
| 90 | B | Cytomegalovirus;Candida;Staphylococcus;Lactobacillus | Candida(u, f, sp, ph); Staphylococcus (sp, ph) | 7 | Necropsy: cytomegalovirus pneumonia |
ph = pharyngeal smears; sp = sputum; b = blood; f = faeces; u = urine.