[Quantitative gas chromatographic determination of volatile fatty acids in express diagnosis of nonclostridial anaerobic infection].

Gas chromatographic procedure was used for quantitative estimation of metabolic [volatile fatty acids (C2-C6)] of anaerobic bacteria in express diagnosis of nonclostridial anaerobic infection in surgical patients with purulent bacterial destruction of lungs and with abdominal impairments as well as in patients with calculous cholecystitis. Only traces of acid metabolites were detected in donor blood. A 10-30-fold increase in their content in blood of patients with surgical and gynecologic sepsis enabled to diagnose the anaerobic form of the disease.