chlorophyll-a and Pneumonia--Staphylococcal

An attempt has been made to replace antibiotics by chlorophyllypt (0.25 per cent solution in physiological sodium chloride solution administered by intravenous drip). The clinical, laboratory and X-ray parameters in 22 patients treated by this drug normalized in earlier terms than those in 19 patients who received the traditional antibiotic therapy. Chlorophyllypt was found to have the immunocorrective effect manifested by the normalization of the T-lymphocyte number and their theophylline-resistant subpopulation. No such an effect was achieved when broad-action antibiotics were used.

Topics: Acute Disease; Adjuvants, Immunologic; Adult; Aged; Chlorophyll; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Combinations; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Leukocyte Count; Male; Middle Aged; Plant Extracts; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal; Pneumonia, Staphylococcal; Rosette Formation; T-Lymphocytes