This is the first report of acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with nebulised pentamidine, whose half life in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is at least 10-14 days.

Neutrophils, beta-defensins, leukotrienes, and chemokines can also be detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid injected then removed from the bronchiolar airways of individuals with DPB, for evaluation.

Mactinin was found in the lavage fluid from arthritic knee joints of rabbits with this immune arthritis and might contribute to macrophage function in this arthritis model.

These results agree with those recently presented of tests that examined bronchial lavage fluid, in which half of patients with sarcoidosis were positive for M tuberculosis DNA.

Leukocytes in recovered lavage fluids were counted using a hemocytometer.

The levels of sulfated GAGs in lavage fluids were determined using a colorimetric dye-binding assay using 1,9-dimethylmethylene blue [ 23 ] .

TGF-β1 adenovirus had significantly lower levels of white blood cell infiltration in lavage fluids at day 3, day 7 and day 17.

These modifiers have been shown to improve asthma symptoms, reduce asthma exacerbations and limit markers of inflammation such as eosinophil counts in the peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Subsequent studies of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from pediatric patients with severe chronic respiratory illnesses including asthma have demonstrated that over half had evidence of C. pneumoniae by direct organism identification.

Cellular and noncellular components of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in HIV-1-infected children with radiological evidence of interstitial lung damage.