FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves performing luminescent examination of blood smear with specific immunofluorescent sera and, additionally, determining the number of microbial cells and phagocytosing cells in the smear, the number of leukocytes and the percentage of segmented neutrophils and monocytes per 1 ml of peripheral blood by optical method. Degree of infection (number of microbial cells per 1 ml of blood) is found from formula C = (Л х Ф х М)/ (K х 100), where L - number of leukocytes per 1 ml of blood, F - percentage of segmented neutrophils and monocytes per 1 ml of blood, M - number of microbial cells in blood smear, C - number of phagocytosing cells in smear found by luminescent microscopy of blood, 100 - coefficient for converting arbitrary values into absolute values. If 0<C≅ 7, the degree of blood infection is low, if 7<C<30, it is medium and if C≥ 30, it is high. EFFECT: accelerated determination of blood infection degree.
