Table 5.

mCPIS and microbiological characteristics of episodes of VARTI.

	HELICS definition met met (n = 10)	HELICS definition not met (n = 23)
Mean mCPIS (± SD)	6.5 (± 1.72)	3.8 (± 1.51)*
Positive respiratory microbiology (22/33 episodes)	– 7 out of 10 episodes: – Enterococcus sp. (n = 2) Enterobacter sp. (n = 1) – Staphylococcus aureus (flucloxacillin sensitive) (n = 1) – Klebsiella sp. (n = 1) – Candida sp. (n = 2) – “Other Gram-negative organism” (n = 1)	– 15 out of 23 episodes: – Enterobacter sp. (n = 1) – Enterococcus sp. (n = 1) – Escherichia coli (n = 1) – Klebsiella sp. (n = 4) – Staphylococcus aureus – (flucloxacillin sensitive) (n = 2) – Pseudomonas sp. (n = 1) – Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 1) – Candida sp. (n = 3) – mixed growth (n = 1)

^*p = 0.01.