Study Of Clinical And Aerobic Bacteriological (Non-Mycobacterial) Profile Of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection In Adults

Lower respiratory tract infection due to bacteria is a treatable but dreadful condition. In this study, main stress was to identify the common aerobic (non-mycobacterial) bacteria causing this infection and submit a clinical presentation of the disease. Total 56 non-immunocompromised adult patients were enrolled by systematic sampling & investigated. The important conclusions of the study include that COPD & past history of TB is important association, Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most commonly found organism & sputum culture should be done in all cases of LRTI.