[Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on delayed hypersensitivity and antibody formation in patients with peritonitis]

The inhibition of the formation of hypersensitivity of delayed type to staphylococcus, Proteus, blue pus bacillus and Escherichia coli was found in patients with peritonitis given complex treatment including hyperbaric oxygenation, against the background of stimulation of the antibody formation to these bacteria. The level of staphylococcal alfa-antitoxin in the blood serum remained substantially lower than that of healthy people whether the treatment included HBO or not. The data obtained show the expediency of early use of HBO in patients with peritonitis.