BACKGROUND Community acquired pneumonia is an acute illness acquired in the community with symptoms suggestive of LRTI. Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death and morbidity, both in developing and developed countries and is the commonest cause of hospitalization in adults and children. We wanted to assess the clinical and bacteriological presentation of CAP. METHODS This is a cross sectional study conducted among 50 patients. Both out patients and inpatients of the Department of Pulmonology were included in the study. Pretested and predesigned proforma is used to collect the data. Analysis was carried out in statistical software SPSS Ver. 19.0. RESULTS 76% of CAP patients are males of which 58% were elderly (>50 yrs.). The study group consisted of 50 patients among whom 38 (76%) were males and 12 (24%) were females. Dyspnoea is significantly more common among elderly CAP patients and chest pain more common among in younger CAP patients. S. pneumoniae being more common pathogen in CAP accounting for 38%. CONCLUSIONS In our study, CAP was found more commonly between 3 rd and 5 th decade of life with a male:female ratio of 3.1:1. Most common presenting symptoms were cough with expectoration and fever. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the commonest organism isolated followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.
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