Development of our own in-house bacterial PCR kit which will detect several different bacteria in blood is planned in this study. We already have an in-house viral PCR kit and the ability to detect atypical bacteria via EIA. Currently there is an international study (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health [PERCH]) looking at aetiology of pneumonia, but this study only involves 2 Asian countries (Thailand and Bangladesh)[5]. In Malaysia, in 2011 there was a study that looked at pneumococcal isolates and antibiotic sensitivity patterns on invasive pneumococcal disease only[6]. There are also studies that look at viral aetiology of pneumonia[7]. Hence information on aetiology of pneumonia is skewed to those involving vaccine associated organisms and use of nasopharyngeal secretions(NPS) to detect viruses..