From: Airway cellularity, lipid laden macrophages and microbiology of gastric juice and airways in children with reflux oesophagitis
Growth of organism of ≥104 colony forming unit
BAL n
Gastric aspirate n
S. pneumoniae
19
6
H. influenzae
10
0
M. catarrhalis
7
S. aureus
3
Candida
2