Abstract

PURPOSE: In ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), the surveillance of endotracheal aspirate (ETA) cultures have been shown to have a good predictive value in identifying its etiology. The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the trend of common bacterial isolates on surveillance ETA cultures and their antibacterial susceptibility in our community Hospital.

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