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Abstract
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the second most
common nosocomial infection in the neonatal intensive care unit
and is associated with major morbidity and mortality .
Difficulties in diagnosis of VAP have led to the development
of many diagnostic techniques such as broncho alveolar lavage,
protected specimen brush and quantitative endotracheal aspirates.
Routine empirical antibiotics are inadvisable; so when VAP
is suspected, a respiratory specimen and blood culture should be
taken without delay, and it is vital to begin early appropriate
antimicrobials while culture results are pending, the choice of
antimicrobial agent depends on local prevalence of the pathogenic
agents, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and patient specific factors.
Prospective study was performed in the NICU of
Pediatric department, Tanta University to detect the prevalence,
risk factors, causative microorganisms and outcome of neonatal
VAP in preterm and full-term neonates.
The study was conducted over a period of twelvemonths
from January 2014 to January 2015.
In our study, the total number of cases was 90 cases, 60
cases of them were clinically suspected to have VAP according
to CDC criteria so investigated, the other 30 cases not received
mechanical ventilation and admitted to NICU due to various.