[Immunologic disorders in the pathogenesis of acute lung abscesses]

Immune response was investigated in patients with acute pulmonary abscesses (APA) treated according to the discrete-dynamic scheme. The study of pathogenetic significance of immune response and chronic alcohol intoxication in APA demonstrated that failure of antiinfectious resistance of the body is one of the factors responsible for the onset, course and outcome of APA. This failure is characterized by unbalance of immune parameters, strain of immune system which is more pronounced in the presence of chronic alcoholic intoxication. It is evident that suppression of immune system shown in APA patients is an underlying cause of immunity deficiency in them.