Table 2. Abundance measurements of putative respiratory pathogens (total OTUs).
A total of nine out of 13 patients had >2 respiratory pathogens during MV; d, day during mechanical ventilation; ward, collection of dental plaque on the ward (post ETT extubation).
| Potential respiratory pathogen | Total OTUs isolated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient 1 | d1 | d4 | d5 | ||
| Enterococcus villorum | 623 | 983 | 135 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 11 | 2 | 35 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Serratia nematophila | 214 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Patient 3 | d1 | d11 | ward | ||
| Serratia nematophila | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 155 | 766 | 796 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 1 | 241 | 217 | ||
| Patient 5 | d1 | ward | |||
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 11 | 1 | |||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 3 | |||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 4 | 0 | |||
| Patient 6 | d1 | d6 | ward | ||
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 159 | 126 | 7 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Patient 9 | d1 | d5 | ward | ||
| Escherichia coli | 349 | 385 | 1001 | ||
| Enterococcus villorum | 451 | 296 | 5 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 136 | 4 | ||
| Patient 10 | d1 | d3 | d6 | ||
| Escherichia coli | 949 | 863 | 13 | ||
| Enterococcus villorum | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patient 11 | d3 | d13 | d26 | d34 | d48 |
| Escherichia coli | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 102 |
| Enterococcus villorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 22 | 916 | 549 | 2 |
| Stenotrophomonas pavanii | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patient 12 | d1 | d8 | |||
| Escherichia coli | 422 | 0 | |||
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 0 | 225 | |||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | 11 | |||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 29 | 20 | |||
| Clostridium bolteae | 20 | 0 | |||
| Patient 13 | d1 | d27 | ward | ||
| Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae | 91 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 2 | 104 | ||
| Enterococcus faecalis | 578 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Stenotrophomonas pavanii | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||