[Effect of biological fluids of the body on antimicrobial activity of ethonium-modified suture material]

Ethonium in solution and on the surface of surgical threads displays different antistaphylococcal activity in the presence of biological fluids: under the influence of bile, it decreases essentially, blood serum--decreases to a less degree, urine doesn't change it. A conclusion is made that for optimal use of the ethonium and surgical threads modified with ethonium it is necessary to take into account the location of a pathological focus.