[Rational antibiotic therapy of pneumonia]

The aim of the study was to analyse antibacterial treatment in patients with extrahospital pneumonians in a standard pulmonological department. The analysis covered 80 patients with EHP treated in 2000. In the 100% cases the choice of the antibiotics was random and did not depend on pneumonia severity, age, sex, occupation of the patient, concomitant pathology, the disease duration, previous treatment. Gentamycin was prescribed most frequently. The course doses of the drugs were often violated. The mean hospital stay was 22.5 days, complete resolution was observed only in 8.75% patients.