Intravenous sodium oxacillin of Soviet production was subjected to clinical trials in 50 cardiosurgical patients. The patients were operated under conditions of artificial circulation. The antibiotic was used for prophylaxis and therapy of the postoperative pyo-inflammatory complications. In the group of the patients observed no lethal cases due to the post-operative infection were registered.

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