[The use of an immunoglobulin in the comprehensive treatment of ophthalmic herpes]. / Primenenie immunoglobulina v kompleksnom lechenii oftal'mogerpesa.

The paper analyses results after treatment of 30 patients with herpetic keratitis by means of a specific antiherpetic immunoglobulin manufactured at the Sverdlovsk Research Institute of Virus Infections. As compared with traditional treatment, the terms of clinical recovery and the number of bed-days reduced. The preparation can be used in a complex treatment of patients with a herpetic disease.

[The importance of virological studies in uveitis]. / Znachenie virusologicheskikh issledovanii pri uveitakh.

The paper describes results of the analysis of 853 case histories of patients with uveitis and those of virologic examinations (viruses of respiratory group) in 47 patients with severe uveitis predisposed to chronic recurrent course and resistant to used therapy. As a result of virologic studies, adenovirus from the conjunctiva of one patient was obtained; immunofluorescent studies were positive in 11 patients (virus of grip B in 2, of paragrippe in 1, adenovirus in 4, RS virus in 3, mixed virus infection in 1 patient). Positive serologic reactions were observed in 22 patients (virus of grip A in 7, of grip B in 2, of paragrippe in 1, RS virus in 1, mixed virus infection in 11 persons). The results obtained speak about necessity of virological studies in patients with severe uveitis. It is advisable to combine immunofluorescence and serologic examinations of patients.

[The kallikrein-kinin activity of the blood serum after intracapsular cataract extraction and the implantation of intraocular lenses]. / Kallikrein-kininovaia aktivnost' syvorotki krovi posle intrakapsuliarnoi ékstraktsii katarakty i implantatsii intraokuliarnykh linz.

After intracapsular cataract extraction the level of kallicrein in blood serum is slightly increased. The authors consider it as a compensatory, stimulating regeneration. The postoperative period after IOL implantation is characterized by a remarkable rise of kallicrein activity. This is accompanied gl a higher exudative reaction in the postoperative period. The manifestation of exudative changes after IOL implantation prevails in persons with a high initial level of kallicrein in blood serum. A high level of kallicrein before surgery may serve as a prognostic test of a pronounced exudative reaction in the postoperative treatment of patients after IOL implantation.