DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i12.027

Pages: 4924-4927

Pneumonia seems to have been recognized either as nosocomial or community-acquired infection. Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is further differentiated into Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) if the process arose after the patient had been receiving at least 48 hours of mechanical ventilation. To isolate, identify and study the antibiogram of the organisms causing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, A Cross-sectional study. The study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. A total of 69 ETA samples obtained who were on mechanical ventilation for ≥ 48 hours. Out of a total of 69 patients on mechanical ventilation for ≥ 48 hours, only 21 (30.4%) were found to have suffered from Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) by using ICU scoring system Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score (CPIS). Of the total 29 isolates, 21 (72.4%) were Gram-negative bacilli, 5 (17.2%) were Gram-positive cocci and 3 (10.3%) were Candida. The study confirmed the magnitude of the problem of ventilator-associated pneumonia, in our setup, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella species were found to be potential pathogens causing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in our ICU.