[Pneumococcal pneumonia in hospitalized patients. Therapeutic implications of resistances to penicillin and erythromycin].

Background And Objective: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main etiological agent of community-acquired pneumonia. The aim of this work was to ascertain the resistance profiles of pneumococcus to penicillin and erythromycin and to analyse whether such profiles lead to different disease developments.

Patients And Method: A retrospective analysis was carried out in 75 cases of pneumococcal pneumonia corresponding to hospitalized patients.