Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years * Documented or suspected clinically COPD according to the criteria of GOLD * Community-acquired pneumonia defined as the presence of a radiological (i.e., chest X-ray or CTscan) infiltrates consistent with an infectious site and associated with one or more of the following items: dyspnea, cough, sputum, fever above 38 ° C, chest pain, localized crackles with or without signs of pleural effusion, higher leukocytosis at 10,000 / mm³ or leukopenia below 4000 / mm³ * Admitted to the hospital for less than 48 hours * ICU Admission * Informed Consent signed by the patient or his representative Exclusion Criteria: * Patient immunocompromised including congenital immunodeficiency, haematologic malignancy, immunosuppressive drugs (including anticancer chemotherapy and post-transplantation therapies), neutropenia neutrophil count below 500 / mm³ secondary to chemotherapy, corticosteroids greater than 0.5 mg / kg / day for more than 10 days, HIV infection * Therapeutic limitation Existence * Minor patient or under guardianship or custody * Pregnant woman * Refusal to participate in the study * The inclusion of the subject in another biomedical research protocol in progress or for less than 30 day * Patients treated with antibiotics before ICU referral are no excluded.