Letter to the editor. Regarding the article by L. I. Moskvicheva "experience in the prevention of pneumonia"

Abstract

The question of the advisability of using antibacterial agents for respiratory viral diseases remains controversial. Most researchers consider it useless and even harmful (E. M. Tareev, K. V. Bunin, E. Katiladze and many others). D. Debsai et al. write that with prophylactic antibiotics, the number of bacterial complications does not decrease. According to AF Bilibin, antibiotics, suppressing the normal microflora of the body, promote the activation of viruses. Only a few authors (L.S. Schwartz et al.) Believe that for the prevention of pneumonia it is necessary to treat patients with acute respiratory diseases from the first days as patients with pneumonia.

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