[The prognosis of the course of amebic liver abscess by the indices of the immune status].

The study of T- and B-lymphocyte content in 95 patients with amoeba-induced abscess in the liver has shown that the onset of complications are accompanied by secondary immune failure, which must be corrected with immunomodulators (T-activin, levamizole, gamma-globulin, antistaphylococcal plasma). A group of patients has been identified who despite pyo-resorptive fever are characterized by high resistance and good compensatory reactions. This group needs no special correction of the immune status. The prognostic formula suggested by the authors is based on clinical, laboratory and immunological indexes and promotes to the rational choice of immunocorrective therapy and to patients rehabilitation.