Table 2 Organisms identified by culture and PCR testing (BAL only) in patients with confirmed VAP

Gram negative

Burkholderia cepacia

1

Citrobacter freundii

1

*

Citrobacter koseri

1

1

*

Coliform (not further specified)

1

Escherichia coli

5

3^!

4^!

Enterobacter asburiae

1

*

Enterobacter cloacae

3

Enterobacteraeciae (not further specified)

2

Haemophilus influenzae

1

4

Klebsiella aerogenes

2

1

*

Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

3

5

Klebsiella oxytoca

3

1

*

Proteus mirabilus

1

1^$

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

3

2

Serratia liquefaciens

1

Serratia marcescens

1

2

5

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

3

4

4

Gram positive

Staphylococcus aureus

2

2

1

Fungi

Aspergillus fumigatus

1

Non-pathogenic organisms

Candida albicans

6

4

4

Candida spp.

1

Coagulase negative Staphylococci

1

4

Enterococcus faecium

2

7

Streptococcus spp. (non-pneumoniae, non-pyogenes)

4

Herpes simplex virus

2