Diagnoses from lung specimen collected through flexible bronchoscopy from patients in a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam Tanzania: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Table 4 Cytological findings for all patients with Bronchoalveolar lavage, brush cytology or bronchial washing from 2013 to 2017 (n = 291)

Cytological finding	Number	Percentage
Non Specific Chronic Inflammation	199	68.4
Acellular smear	45	15.5
Malignant Smear	28	9.6
Normal respiratory cells	11	3.8
Fungal infection^a	5	1.7
Tuberculosis	3	1.0
Total	291	100.0

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