[The effect of sanatorium-health resort treatment on the function of the bactericidal oxidative mechanism of the blood neutrophils in patients with different forms of chronic bronchitis]. / Vliianie sanatorno-kurortnogo lecheniia na sostoianie bakteritsidnogo okislitel'nogo mekhanizma neitrofilov krovi u bol'nykh s raznymi formami khronicheskogo bronkhita.

The authors' studies show that sanatorium treatment contributes to normalization of bactericidal oxidant mechanism (BOM) of blood neutrophils in patients with chronic bronchitis. In a complete remission this normalization is complete, in partial remission positive trends were seen. In chronic obstructive bronchitis the effect was minor.