ACQUIRED-COMMUNITY PNEUMONIA DIAGNOSED IN -HOSPITAL, GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS MANAGEMENT - 100 CASES

The management of community-acquired pneumonia before hospitalization during the period January 1992-January 1994 was retrospectively studie d. The major reasons for admission were : pneumonia (32), fever (13), confusion (13), abdominal pain (9), chest pain (8), grippal syndrome ( 6), generalized weakness and fatigue (6) and others causes (13). Among the patients hospitalized for pneumonia, a previous antibiotic therap y was given to 15 patients : cephalosporins (7), amoxicillin (7), fluo roquinolones (1). Nine of them were early hospitalized (length of trea tment < 72 h, no index of severity), Our study emphasizes the need of a better knowledge of the different semiological aspects of pneumonia and a better application of the rules of antibiotic prescription.