[Community acquired XXXX --a 10 year review].

@entity1 @entity410 @entity4008 @entity114 @entity2260 @entity2506 @entity772 @entity693 @entity3631
@entity4008 is still an important topic for the infectious diseases specialist, due to it's high incidence, severity and it's high mortality rate. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We retrospectively studied 679 @entity1 diagnosed with community acquired @entity4008 in the Infectious Diseases Hospital Ia  i, Romania between 1998 and 2007. RESULTS: The annual number of admissions slightly decreased in the last years. Most @entity1 were males (62.1%). Predisposing factors were present in 34.9% of cases. @entity410 were described in 19.6% of cases, more frequent in @entity1 . The CSF was purulent only in 69.4% of @entity1 , 29.6% of them receiving antibiotics prior to admission; the albumin level in the CSF of @entity2506 was higher than in other @entity693 . The etiology was established in 51.6% of cases, more frequent in sucklings (68.1%). @entity3631 was the most common cause of community acquired @entity4008 (CABM) (28.5%) followed by @entity2260 (14%). @entity2260 was susceptible to @entity114 in 79% of cases. The mean mortality rate was 13.1%. CONCLUSION: Factors associated with a poor prognosis were: pneumococcal etiology, age over 60, and the presence of @entity410 or @entity772 at admission.
