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Bacteria associated with 55 episodes of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis |
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| Micro-organism |
n (%) |
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| Gram-negative |
66 (76) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
30 (34) |
| Acinetobacter baumannii |
16 (18) |
| Serratia spp. |
6 (6) |
| Enterobacter spp. |
4 (4) |
| Escherichia coli |
4 (4) |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
3 (3) |
| Klebsiella spp. |
3 (3) |
| Gram-positive |
20 (23) |
| MRSA |
10 (11) |
| MSSA |
5 (5) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae |
5 (5) |
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MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. | |
Nseir et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R238 doi:10.1186/cc3508 |
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