Table 4.

Bacteriological data obtained from the 19 patients with positive samples

	Blood culture			Endotracheal aspirate
	Before intubation	5 minutes after intubation	30 minutes after intubation	30 minutes after intubation
Control group (n = 10)
	---	MRSA	MRSA	MRSA
	---	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa
	---	---	P aeruginosa	P aeruginosa
	---	E coli	E coli	E coli
	---	K pneumoniae	K pneumoniae	K pneumoniae
	K oxytoca	K oxytoca	---	---
	---	C albicans	C albicans	C albicans
	---	---	---	MRSA
	---	---	---	P aeruginosa
	---	---	---	K pneumoniae
RM group (n = 13)
	---	K pneumoniae	---	K pneumoniae
	---	---	M moranii	M moranii
	---	E cloacae	E cloacae	E cloacae
	E coli	E coli	E coli	---
	---	Lactobacillus	---	Lactobacillus
	---	C albicans	---	C albicans
	---	---	MRSA	MRSA
	---	P aeruginosa	---	P aeruginosa
	---	---	---	E fecium
	---	---	---	K pneumoniae
	---	---	---	P aeruginosa
	---		---	P aeruginosa
	---	---	---	MRSA

C albicans:Candida albicans;E cloacae: Enterobacter cloacae; E coli: Escherichia coli; E fecium: Enterococcus fecium; K oxytoca: Klebsiella oxytoca; K pneumoniae: Klebsiella pneumoniae; M moranii: Morganella moranii; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; P aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa.