Study on epidemic characteristics and etiology of community acquired pneumonia in Guangzhou from 2009 to 2012

Objective To investigate the epidemic characteristics and pathogenic spectrum of community acquired pneumonia(CAP)in Guangzhou from 2009 to 2012.Method 14 major comprehensive hospitals were selected from 11 districts as sentinel hospitals for CAP cases surveillance,including 18 982 223 in total during the 4years.The