Indications and Efficacy of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in the ICU: Have They Changed Since Its Introduction in Clinical Practice?

Table 3

Pathogens isolated in 30 positive cultures of samples obtained by FOB in the RICU.

	No. (% of all isolates)*
Acinetobacter baumannii	15 (35)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7 (16)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	5 (12)
Escherichia coli	5 (12)
MRSA	3 (7)
MRCoNS	3 (7)
Enterococcus faecalis	1 (2)
Burkholderia cepacia	1 (2)
Other
Candida sp.	2 (5)
Ziehl-Neelsen stain positive for mycobacteria	1 (2)

FOB: fiberoptic bronchoscopy; RICU: respiratory intensive care unit; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRCoNS: methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus.
*Two pathogens were isolated in 13 cultures.