[Current approaches to conservative therapy of acute infectious lung destruction]

Differential programs of conservative treatment (antibacterial in combination with sanatorium) including correction of immune deficiency, detoxication, quantum hemotherapy resulted in appreciable responses in 84.8% out of 894 patients with acute destruction of the lungs. Radical surgery was performed in 67 (7.5%) patients. Specific features of the treatment according to intensive conservative schemes are presented for 484 patients with acute pulmonary abscess, 282 with staphylococcal pulmonary destruction, 106 with septic pulmonary destruction and 22 with pulmonary gangrene. Total lethality reached 7.7%.