[Immunohematologic screening and immunocorrection in cardiac surgery at an early age].

110 patients with "blue" and "pale" congenital heart disease in age of 2.43-0.18yrs have been inspected in order to work out the diagnostic criterion of the manifest latent, local and generalized infection, presence during the patients' training for operative healing and in postoperative period.

[The role of immunological studies in the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis in patients with congenital heart defects].

An examination of 54 patients with congenital heart disease has established an increased production of immunoglobulins, M class in particular, enhanced formation of circulating immune complexes, insufficient phagocytic activity of neutrophils, decreased content of T-lymphocytes. Patients with bacterial endocarditis were found to have more pronounced changes in immune reactivity. Reliable differences were found when comparing indices of nitroblue tetrazolium test in patients with an infectious process and without it.

[Immunological disorders of homeostasis and the methods of their correction for the programmed and preoperative treatment of patients with nonspecific aorto-arteritis].

The authors examined 29 patients with aorto-arteritis of unspecific origin of different duration and variants of affections of the major vessels. The patients were divided into groups with active and inactive course of the inflammatory process. The changes of immunological values and the phagocytosis data were more marked in the group with the active phase of the disease.

[Comparative immunoenzyme analysis of sera for the presence of antibodies to a preparation of Staphylococcus aureus teichoic acids and DNA].

The comparative analysis of the titers of antibodies to the preparations of S. aureus teichoic acids and DNA in the sera of healthy donors and patients with infectious endocarditis and rheumatic carditis was made by means of ELISA. The sera of patients with infectious endocarditis and rheumatic carditis, in contrast to the sera of healthy donors, showed the presence of antibodies to DNA in 23.