METHOD OF TREATING NOSOCOMIAL SINUSITIS IN PATIENTS OF RESUSCITATION AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61N5/67 A61K31/382 A61K38/12 A61P11/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine. Treating nosocomial sinusitis in resuscitation and intensive care units is ensured by nasal cavity clearance and sinus irrigation according to the common technique using a Kulikovsky's needle. The solution of polymyxin E in the concentration of 133 mcg/ml is introduced for 10 minutes before sinus administration of a photosensitiser that is methylene blue 20 ml in the concentration of 15 mcg/ml. The contents are aspirated with a syringe. The sinus mucosa is exposed to laser light through a dissipative light guide introduced through the Kulikovsky's needle at wave legnth 660 nm, power 500 mWt, emission length 23.5 minutes.

EFFECT: method enables enhancing the photodynamic effect on the gram-negative microorganisms ensured by including polymyxin E relieving the photosensitiser adhesion on the surface of a gram-negative bacterial cell into the method of the photodynamic therapy.

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