104 cases of pneumonia, treated in Department of Pulmonary Diseases of Military Medical Academy in the years 1995-1997, were analysed. Patients were divided into two groups. In the first group were 58 patients which had acute symptoms of pneumonia and the treatment was started in our department without any treatment before. In the second group were 45 patients which had acute symptoms two or three weeks before admission to hospital. In this period these patients received one or more antibiotics. The bacteriological findings and the periods of the treatment were analysed in these both groups.
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