Importance of the indices of immunity for predicting the course and assessing the effectiveness of the treatment in acute suppurative lactation mastitis.

What Researchers Did

Researchers examined 47 patients with acute purulent lactation mastitis and 14 patients with resulting sepsis to assess immunity factors.

What They Found

They found that patients with acute purulent lactation mastitis (n=47) and those with resulting sepsis (n=14) exhibited decreased levels of nonspecific resistance factors. The generalization of the purulent process was characterized by disturbed humoral and cellular immunity links, with general bactericidal activity of blood identified as an informative prognostic index.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted in a different geographical context.

Study Limitations

A limitation of this study is its relatively small sample size, which may limit the generalizability of the findings.