[Leukocyte cationic proteins in suppurative diseases]

The content of cationic proteins in leukocytes was established in 65 patients with peritonitis and purulent diseases of soft tissues. It was established that all of the patients had a decreased content of cationic proteins in the granules of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, its degree depending on the gravity of the pyo-inflammatory process. The authors consider it to be associated with the release of cationic proteins and proteolytic enzymes into the circulating blood and to be of value in the improvement of antimicrobial properties of blood.