Quantifying the public health impact of pneumonia in Imam Hujjah hospital in Karbala, Iraq (2022-2024)

An accurate recognition of the etiological of pneumonia diseases is away for selecting significant antimicrobial treatments. the current study exhibited 159 positive result to pneumonia from total of 336 clinical sputum samples were assembled from Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital in Karbala city, throughout the period from (January,2022 –December,2023) while 177 sample were negative result, this study offered high of causative agents of pneumonia is Klebsiella pneumonia subsequently by Acinetobacter bumannii and Staph. aureus, in addition free Karbala city from Tuberculosis diseases. 88.0% of the pathogenic bacteria separated from sputum samples were found to be multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms against the majority of the antimicrobial drugs utilized in this investigation, according to tests for antibiotic sensitivity. on the other hand, the present study illustrated the appropriate antimicrobial treatment of pneumonia is aminoglycoside such as amikacin and gentamycin.