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Table 3 Microbiologic features of VAP pathogens

From: Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit using “VAP prevention Bundle”: a cohort study

Pathogen

Phases

Total

Phase I

Phase II

Positive Culture (%)

37 (88)

29 (93.5)

66 (90.4)

Gram-negative (%)

36 (97.2)

27 (93.1)

63 (95.5)

- K-pneumoniae

32 (86.5)

23 (79.3)

55 (83.4)

- P-aeruginosa

2 (5.4)

4 (13.8)

6 (9)

- E-coli

2 (5.4)

- (-)

2 (3)

Gram-positive (%)

- (-)

2 (6.9)

2 (3)

Fungi (%)

1 (2.7)

3a (10.4)

4 (6)

MDR (%)

9 (24.3)

8 (27.6)

17 (25.8)

  1. K klebsiella, P pseudomonas, E Escherichia, MDR multiple-drug resistant, athree cases in phase-II showed combined K pneumonia and candida spp isolates