Multiple pathogens inadult patients admitted withcommunity-acquired pneumonia: a one

Background - Thepurposeofthisstudy wastoassessthecausesofcommunityacquired pneumonia inadultpatients admitted tohospital. Methods-A prospective studywasperformedon346consecutive adultpatients (54%men)ofmean (SD)493(19.5) years (range17-94)admitted toa university affiliated regional hospital insouthern Israelwithcommunity-acquired pneumonia overa periodofoneyear.Convalescent serumsampleswereobtained from308 patients (89%). Theaetiological diagnosis forcommunity-acquired