UTILIZATION OF STREPTOKINASE PREPARATIONS IN PYOTHORAX AND PYOPNEUMOTHORAX

Prevailing fibrin-formation in the pleural cavity entails hypoactivity of trypsin-like proteinases and a high inhibitory potential in the se rum and. pleural exudate. Streptokinase preparations appeared an effec tive means of pharmacological pulmonary decortication in patients with high pleural levels of plasminogen. The authors obtained higher effic acy of conservative therapy for pyothorax when they used a specially d esigned technique of intrapleural administration of streptokinase acti vated fresh frozen plasma of the same group. The outcomes of. the dise ase were also improved noticeably.