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Table 3 Microbiological findings for VAP

From: Effect of a fever control protocol-based strategy on ventilator-associated pneumonia in severely brain-injured patients

Bacterium

Total

Intervention group

Control group

Number = 62

Number = 48

Number = 14

Gram-positive cocci

   

MSSA

22

17

5

MRSA

1

0

1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

11

8

3

Streptococcus anginosus

1

0

1

Gram-negative bacilli

   

Haemophilus influenzae

17

14

3

Escherichia coli

3

3

0

Moraxella catarrhalis

1

0

1

Klebsiella oxytoca

1

1

0

Proteus mirabilis

1

1

0

Citrobacter freundii

1

1

0

Enterobacter cloacae

1

1

0

Acinetobacter baumannii

1

1

0

  1. MSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia.