METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EFFECTIVENESS OF INHALATION ANTIBACTERIAL THERAPY OF HOSPITAL-AQUIRED PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY GRAM-NEGATIVE FLORA Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G01N33/53 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method is ensured by the double evaluation of total endotoxin (LPS) of gram-negative bacteria: prior to the beginning of the inhalation antibacterial therapy and one hour after the first antibiotic inhalation. It involves controlling the total endotoxin of the gram-negative bacteria in patient's blood serum by activated particle method. Double and higher endotoxin increase as compared with the reference testifies to a bactericidal action of the antibiotic and proves the effectiveness of the conducted antibacterial therapy.

EFFECT: using the method enables the early estimation of the effectiveness of the antibacterial therapy.

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