[Treatment of acute complicated abscess of the lungs]

Results of examination and treatment of 194 patients with acute complicated abscesses of the lungs were analyzed. The main pathogenic agent of this pathology is gram-negative microorganisms and anaerobic neclostridial flora. Methods of bacterioscopy and gas-liquid chromatography were used for its verification. It was noted that the basis of medical tactics in complicated abscesses of the lungs is the rational antibiotic therapy in combination with parasurgical methods of treatment. Surgical methods are indicated in gangrening abscess, pulmonary hemorrhage, non-effective complex therapy.