Pneumonia occurring in a hospital or long term care facilities remains a common and serious illness, despite the availability of potent new antibiotics and effective vaccines. Aim of the study is to identify and isolate the bacteria causing pneumonia in hospitalized patients. The present study was carried out from June 2014 to July 2015 in the department of microbiology, Smt. | Bacteriological profile of community acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital