title: [The influence of low-intensity laser irradiation of blood on the lactoferrin level in the patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia].
abstract: The objective of the present study was to estimate the influence of low-intensity laser irradiation of blood on the levels of lactoferrin in the patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the patients were divided into two groups. Those comprising the control group received only medicamental therapy. The standard treatment of the patients in the second group was supplemented by intravenous laser irradiation of blood (IVLIB-405 technique). Each irradiation session performed in a continuous mode lasted 5-7 minutes, with the total treatment course consisting of 7 daily procedures. Lactoferrin was determined before and after the treatment by the enzyme immunoassay with the use of "Lactoferrin Strip" kits ("Vektor-Best- Yug" JSC, Russia).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of the results of the study revealed a significant decrease in the blood lactoferrin level down to the normal range in the patients treated with the use of laser therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The application of intravenous laser irradiation of blood for the combined treatment of the patients with community-acquired pneumonia was accompanied by normalization of the blood lactoferrin level and the improvement of the clinical course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: GBOU VPO 'Severo-Osetinskaja gosudarstvennaja meditsinskaja akademija' Minzdrava Rossii, ul. Pushkinskaja, 40, Vladikavkaz, RSO - Alanija, Rossijskaja Federatsija, 362019.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gabueva
authors.affiliation: GBOU VPO 'Severo-Osetinskaja gosudarstvennaja meditsinskaja akademija' Minzdrava Rossii, ul. Pushkinskaja, 40, Vladikavkaz, RSO - Alanija, Rossijskaja Federatsija, 362019.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Burduli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000097:blood*; D007834:Lasers; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D007781:Lactoferrin