To decide the bacterial pathogens causing community-acquired pneumonia in children under 12 years in a teritiary care hospital, Salem. Children under the age of 12 who met the WHO criteria for pneumonia, serious pneumonia, or extreme pneumonia, as well as those who had lung infiltrates on a chest X-ray, were eligible to participate in the study. Each child provided two respiratory samples, one for culture and the other for PCR investigation, as well as a blood sample for culture, which were all collected. The bacterial pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae were found in the majority of the 100 samples tested. Typical bacterial pathogens had identical performance in culture as did the non-pathogenic bacteria. S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae were the most frequently identified organisms in respiratory discharges from children who had contracted community-acquired pneumonia in the study period and the site. © 2022 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.