What Do You Think About Chronic Bronchitis?

Natalie Harrison started smoking at age 16 and has averaged 2-3 packs per day since then. She's fallen on hard times and finds herself undomaciled, moving from shelter to shelter as needed. The fact that she has copious sputum is helpful in making some decisions down the road about antibiotic therapy. Her fever makes a mere acute exacerbation of COPD or even bronchitis maybe less likely than more likely she may have pneumonia or other infectious inflammatory process going on.