Microbiological results in patients who developed ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)
| Organisms cultured from NBL fluid | 10 episodes of VAP in 9 patients |
| Species recovered: | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 |
| Escherichia coli | 3 |
| Pseudomonas spp | 3 |