Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm in ventilator-associated pneumonia response: a state of concept

Table 3 Ventilator-associated pneumonia aetiology, microbial persistence, and treatment failure

Patient	Causal pathogen	Early onset	Bacterial survival on ETT	Appropriate treatment	Persistence	Non-response	Relapse
5	CNS	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
9	A. baumannii ^a	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
10	Streptococcus spp.	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
41	A. baumannii	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
48	MRSA	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
50	P. aeruginosa	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
51	E. cloacae	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
63	A. baumannii	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
67	H. influenzae	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
76	P.aeruginosa	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
80	A. baumannii	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
81	P. aeruginosa	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
83	A. baumannii	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
91	A. baumannii	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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