Devices

Organisms

Endotracheal Tube

Foley’s catheter

CVP Tip

Tracheostomy Tube

SPC Tip

Pigtail Cathter

Biofilm Positive

Plate Method (%)

Tube Method (%)

Acinetobacterbaumannii

9

1

3

-

-

-

77

54

Klebsiella pneumoniae

11

-

-

1

-

-

78

67

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

-

-

2

-

-

45

17

Escherichia coli

3

2

-

-

1

-

75

75

Coagulase negative staphylococci

1

-

-

-

-

1

100

0

Staphylococcus aureus

1

-

1

-

-

-

50

0

Enterococcus faceium

-

2

-

-

-

-

100

0

Proteus mirabilis

1

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

Enterobacter cloacae

1

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

Total = 50

36

5

4

3

1

1

60%

38%