Research Article
Role of the Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Noncritically Ill Patients during the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic
Table 3
Characteristics of immunocompromised patients.
| Patients | Age (y) | Gender | Origin of immunodepression | Other comorbidities | FiO2 at the time of BAL | Micorbiological results | Final diagnosis |
| 1 | 53 | M | Glucocorticoids | RA-ILD | 28 | — | RA-ILD exacerbation | 2 | 61 | F | Liver transplant | CKI, HT | 21 | Haemophilus influenzae | Haemophilus influenzae pneumonia | 3 | 63 | M | Kidney transplant | CKI, HT, cardiac failure | 30 | Pneumocystis jirovecii | Pneumocystis jirovecii infection | 4 | 20 | M | Heart transplant | Cardiac failure | 21 | Influenza A | Influenza A infection | 5 | 35 | M | Glucocorticoids | Ulcerative colitis | 21 | — | COP | 6 | 53 | F | Glucocorticoids | Acute alcoholic hepatitis, liver failure | 80 | Influenza A | Influenza A infection | 7 | 68 | F | Glucocorticoids | Sarcoidosis, HT, diabetes | 35 | SARS-CoV-2 | SARS-CoV-2 infection | 8 | 71 | M | Kidney transplant | HT, multiple myeloma | 24 | Metapneumovirus | Metapneumovirus infection | 9 | 48 | M | Untreated HIV | HT | 27 | — | Undetermined | 10 | 81 | M | Chemotherapy | CML, CKI | 30 | — | Undetermined | 11 | 41 | F | Combination of immunosuppresive agents | Ankylosing spondylitis | 25 | Chlamydia pneumoniae | Chlamydia pneumoniae infection | 12 | 74 | F | Heart transplant | CKI, HT, diabetes | 21 | SARS-CoV-2 | SARS-CoV-2 infection | 13 | 58 | F | Glucocorticoids | Severe asthma | 24 | Aspergillus fumigatus | Invasive aspergillosis | 14 | 38 | F | Glucocorticoids | Acute alcoholic hepatitis, liver failure | 21 | — | Hepatopulmonary syndrome | 15 | 71 | M | Chemotherapy | CLL, CKI | 30 | Herpes simplex virus | Herpes simplex virus infection | 16 | 71 | M | Liver transplant | HT, AF | 35 | — | Cardiogenic pulmonary edema | 17 | 64 | M | Sarcoidosis | Emphysema | 50 | — | Sarcoidosis exacerbation |
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Abbreviations: M—male; F—female; HIV—human immunodeficiency virus; RA-ILD—rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease; CKI—chronic kidney injury; HT—hypertension; CML—chronic myeloid leukemia; COP—cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; CLL—chronic lymphoid leukemia; AF—atrial fibrillation.
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