Table 4 Documentation of post-interventional procalcitonin level and microbiological findings in patients with fever and proven bacterial infection after bronchoscopy
Noteable endoluminal findings | Microbiological findings | PCT, ng/ml |
|---|---|---|
Purulent bronchial fluid | Klebsiella pneumoniae – BF | 1.0 |
– | E.coli – BF, sputum | 1.1 |
– | Mycobacterium tuberculosis – BF, pleural fluid | 1.4 |
– | Haemophilus influenzae - BF | 1.4 |
Purulent bronchial fluid | P. aeruginosa – BF, BC | 1.3 |
Exophytic stenosis, poststenotic pneumonia | S. pneumoniae - BF, BC | 11.1 |
purulent bronchial fluid | E. coli – BF, BC | 4.4 |
Exophytic stenosis | Haemophilus influenzae - BF | 1.8 |
Mucus plug, purulent bronchial fluid | S. pneumoniae - BF | 0.2 |
Purulent bronchial fluid | P. aeruginosa – BF | 0.3 |
Poststenotic purulent bronchial fluid | S. pyogenes - BF | 2.6 |