[Leukocyte transfusion in complex treatment of acute pulmonary suppurations]

The authors studied the effect of transfusions of a leukocyte suspension on the main clinico-immunological values of homeostasis in 56 patients with acute pyodestructive diseases of the lungs. They found that inclusion of leukocyte transfusions in the complex of therapeutic measures produced a marked clinical effect, reduced the term of treatment, and allowed successful control of endotoxicosis and immunodeficiency in patients with pulmonary suppuration. Immune leukocytes obtained according to a specially developed method had a more marked immunocorrective effect.