Acute pneumonia in adults: a retrospective clinical study on the response to penicillin in Malawi

Abstract

A retrospective study was carried out between]anuary 1990 to December 1992. One hundred and sixty patients were admitted with acute pneumonia to Trinity Hospital, a mission hospital in the South of Malawi, and the response to penicillin was evaluated. 31 % of the patients did not respond to penicillin and needed a broad spectrum antibiotic to be cured.