Table 3. Proportion of pathogens isolated from early-onset and late-onset VAP patients (n = 172).
| SN | Organisms | Total of isolates recovered (n = 187) | Early VAP (n = 44) | Late VAP (n = 143) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |||
| 1 | Acinetobacter baumannii | 55 | 9 | 20.5 | 46 | 32.2 |
| 2 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 45 | 3 | 6.8 | 42 | 29.4 |
| 3 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 45 | 16 | 36.4 | 29 | 20.3 |
| 4 | Escherichia coli | 12 | 4 | 9.1 | 8 | 5.6 |
| 5 | Proteus mirabilis | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 5.6 |
| 6 | Pseudomonas putida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 7 | Enterobacter hormaechei | 1 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Citrobacter freundi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 9 | Staphylococcus aureus | 14 | 9 | 20.5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Candida albicans | 3 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 11 | Candida tropicalis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |