Al Ghizawi, G.J. Al Sulami, A.A. Al Taher, S.S. 2007 Over an 18 month period 485 throat swabs and sputum samples were taken from patients admitted to Basra General Hospital, Iraq, with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia. Most patients 94.0 had community acquired pneumonia 29 6.0 had hospital acquired pneumonia. Patients aged