Table 2.
Bacterial Organisms Cultured from Sputum of 118 Children With Ventilator-Associated Tracheitis (VAT) in the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units
| No. (%) of patients |
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| Organism | NICU | PICU |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 11 (31) | 20 (24) |
| Klebsiella species | 10 (29) | 4 (5) |
| Escherichia coli | 5 (14) | 4 (5) |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 3 (8) | 6 (7) |
| Serratia marcescens | 3 (9) | 3 (3) |
| Staphylococcus aureusa | 2 (6) | 15 (18) |
| Citrobacter species | 1 (3) | … |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | … | 1 (1) |
| Proteus mirabilis | … | 1 (1) |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | … | 7 (8) |
| Haemophilus influenzae | … | 21 (25) |
NOTE. NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; PICU, pediatric intensive care unit.
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Of the 17 Staphylococcus aureus strains associated with VAT, 7 were methicillin resistant.