[Immunologic methods in the diagnostics and treatment of nosocomial cases of pneumonia]. / Immunologicheskie metody v diagnostike i lechenii nozokomial'nykh pnevmonii.

ABSTRACT

The publications on the etiology, bacteriological and immunochemical diagnostics of pneumonia, as well as on the role of immunotherapy and prophylaxis in the treatment of this disease, are analyzed. The importance of immunological methods in the diagnostics of pneumonia is pointed out. Approaches to the immunotherapy and immunoprophylaxis of pneumonia are updated.