CXCL8 and bronchiectasis: On comparison of the airway inflammatory characteristics between patients with bronchiectasis colonized by MPP (n = 8) and non-colonized patients with bronchiectasis (n = 21), we observed that the group of patients with MPP in the airways had higher BAL neutrophil count and percentage, and a higher BALF concentration of IL-8., although the differences did not reach statistical significance (Table 3).