[Acute anaerobic destruction of the lungs]

Seventy eight patients with bacterial destruction of the lungs were under observation. Non-clostridial anaerobic microflora was identified by a method of gas-liquid chromatography in 57(74.6%) patients. Of them, 8 had gangrene, 49--acute pulmonary abscesses. In all the cases, there were associations of asporous anaerobic microflora with aerobic bacteria. In all the patients with destruction of pulmonary tissue, the increase in the content of the middle mass molecules was noted, the greatest--in patients with gangrene of a lung. In these patients, the bactericidal activity of blood serum, IgM and IgA content were low. In all patients, the complex treatment was performed.