自从抗生素问世之后,细菌性肺炎的发病率和死亡率明显减少。但老年性肺炎的发病率并未降低,根据某些剖检资料肺炎仍然是老年人直接死因的首位。今就老年性肺炎的特点作一介绍。一、病因:老年性肺炎病人常因排痰能力减弱,或由于意识障碍,得不到满意的痰标本,因而病原菌不清楚的病例远较一般肺炎多。在过去,肺炎的病原 Since the advent of antibiotics, the incidence and mortality of bacterial pneumonia have dropped significantly. However, the incidence of senile pneumonia did not decrease, according to some autopsy data pneumonia is still the first direct cause of death in the elderly. Now on the characteristics of senile pneumonia as an introduction. First, the etiology: often due to sputum in patients with senile pneumonia weakened capacity, or due to disturbance of consciousness, not satisfactory sputum specimens, and thus pathogenic bacteria are far more clear than the average case of pneumonia. In the past, the pathogen of pneumonia