European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as pneumonia that is acquired outside the hospital i.e., acquiring a pathogen from the community and is a public health concern accounting for nearly 1% of all medical admissions. Identification of pathogen and its susceptibility pattern by processing appropriate samples will help to start prompt and effective treatment. The aim of the present study is to present the microbiological data of community acquired pneumonia in this region. Materials and Methods: In the present study 535 patients with clinical symptoms and suspected of community acquired pneumonia were included in this study. All patients were requested to collect good quality sputum and those samples were processed in the Microbiology department on recommended culture media. Bacteria; isolation was done by biochemical tests. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by conventional methods. Results: Predominant pathogen was Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated as 33.6% followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae (24.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (18.5%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15.04%), Enterobacter species (5.3%), and Acinetobacter species (2.65%). Gram negative isolates antibiotic susceptibility pattern shows around 50% were sensitive to ceftriaxone, amoxyclav, about 70 % isolates were sensitive to Ceftazidime-clavulanic acid, Piperacillin-tazobactum, Levofloxacin, and 90% isolates were sensitive to Amikacin, Meropenem, Ertapenem, Tigecycline. In this study  23.8% were Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Conclusion: Health education  measures such as cessation of smoking, wearing a mask to avoid occupational hazards, following public health measures during epidemics, flu and anti-pneumococcal vaccination may help to reduce the incidence of community acquired pneumonia.