[Antimicrobial activity of ceftazidime and its pharmacokinetics in patients with renal failure].

High antimicrobial activity of ceftazidime against clinical gram-positive (except Streptococcus viridans and S. faecalis) and gram-negative strains of microorganisms was shown. It was found that the drug dosing regimens required correction in cases with impaired excretion function of the kidneys.

[Ultraviolet irradiation of the blood in the treatment of pyo-inflammatory complications in patients with terminal renal failure].

The authors describe a technique of extracorporeal UV radiation of blood (EUVRB) in flow closed circulation. Its efficacy was assessed in combined treatment of pyo-inflammatory complications of terminal renal failure. Therapeutic effects of EUVRB are due to reduced endogenic intoxication, correction of leukopoiesis and stimulation of immunity.

[Immunologic criteria of severity of suppurative infections in patients on programmed hemodialysis].

Certain parameters of the immune system were studied in patients under programmed hemodialysis with and without pyo-inflammatory complications. It was found that patients without pyo-inflammatory diseases are characterized by the state of immune deficiency while in patients with purulent infection the degree of inhibition of immune response of the organism correlates with spread of the suppurative process.