title: [Role of immunotherapy in the treatment of suppurative mediastinitis].
abstract: In the treatment of 34 patients with suppurative mediastinitis a specific immune therapy was used in addition to surgical methods. Direct specific immune therapy as an element of the complex treatment of suppurative mediastinitis resulted in a more favourable development of the process and reduced lethality.
mesh_terms: D000992:Antitoxins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000628:therapy*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000601:surgery; D011511:Proteus / Q000276:immunology; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000992:Antitoxins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines
vernacular_title: Rol' immunoterapii pri lechenii gnoĭnogo mediastinita.