Abstract

The question of the need to prescribe antibiotic therapy to patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requires justification of the prescription of an antibiotic, taking into account the likelihood of an etiological role of an infectious factor, the possibility of spontaneous remissions, as well as the risk of negative consequences in case of unreasonable prescription... In addition, the large arsenal of modern antibiotics poses the problem of choosing the optimal drug for the doctor. With extreme caution, it is necessary to treat the choice of antibiotic therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus with concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.