[Clinico-immunological indices, lipid peroxidation and contents of middle mass molecules in young children with different course of suppurative diseases of the lungs and pleura].

The results of examination of 83 children with purulent diseases of the lungs and pleura at the age under 6 yrs are presented. The indices of activity of the immunity, intensity of the processes of peroxide oxidation of the lipids, and level of the middle mass molecules were studied. The correlative relationship between them depending on the severity of the course of the disease was revealed.