[Pathogenesis of acute destructive lung processes of staphylococcal etiology]

Destructive processes in the lungs caused by staphylococci (SDL) were found to result in changes to the lipid metabolism in the lung parenchyma and organism of the patient which seemed to bring about disturbances in the pulmonary surfactant. Complex therapy made it possible to decrease the mortality rate in a group of 200 patients with SDL from 24% to 7%.