[Effect of mytilan--a polysaccharide from Crenomytilus grayanus--on local suppurative processes]

The study on the effect of mytilan on the local suppurative processes caused by administration of a virulent staphylococcal culture to the mouse pad showed that this polysaccharide isolated from Crenomytilus grayanus had a pronounced antiexudative and antinecrotic effect. The positive results of the experiments may be explained by stimulation of the phagocytic activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages by mytilan which results in acceleration of the reparative processes in local staphylococcal infection. Hence, nonspecific stimulation of the defense mechanisms in local suppurative infection by mytilan and its antiexudative and antinecrotic effect are promising for investigation of the possibility of the mytilan clinical use.