Bacterial Identification And Antibiotics Sensitivity Of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Patients At RSD Dr. Soebandi Jember

Received: January, 19, 2021 Revised: March, 23, 2021 Available online: May 2021 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia in patients with a mechanical ventilator. The use of empirical antibiotics therapy to VAP patients based on bacterial identification and its antibiotics sensitivity. This study aims to determine bacterial identification and antibiotics sensitivity of VAP patients at RSD dr. Soebandi Jember. A descriptive observational study was conducted with a retrospective approach. The data were collected from the medical record of VAP patients from September to October 2019. All samples meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data analysis utilized Microsoft Excel 2010. This paper had 15 VAP patients who conducted bacterial identification and its sensitivity to antibiotics. The most frequent bacteria that cause VAP was Acinetobacter baumannii. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter aerogenes, Burkholderia cepacia, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Salmonella arizonae, and Escherichia coli also cause VAP. Antibiotics with the highest sensitivity to VAP-causing bacteria were amikacin, meropenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam. Meanwhile, the antibiotics that bacterial resistant were cefixime, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone.