Treatment of septicemia, pyemia and septicopyemia with antistreptococcal serum

Bernard (after Ber. Ü. D. G. Gyn.) Finds that the treatment of the above diseases with a vaccine can only be applied in mild chronic and subacute cases, when the body is still capable of producing sufficient antibodies. In severe acute streptococcal infection, the body is already saturated with the vaccine, therefore, its introduction from the outside only worsens the condition of patients. The autovaccine gives the best results, but it takes time to prepare it, which cannot be wasted in acute cases. It is possible to judge the effect of antistreptococcal serum only by the outcome of severe diseases, mild cases proceed well with other interventions. Bumm is an ardent supporter of anti-streptococcal serum therapy, as treatment with the latter gave him only 6.9% mortality. The author considers serum sickness as a good sign indicating the body's ability to react. Serum treatment should be initiated from the onset of the disease. Morgenroth tries to explain the good outcome of early intervention by the fact that at the beginning of the disease, streptococcus easily loses its virulent properties and ability to emolysis, but after a few days it can regain them; therefore, the time of treatment is important for the outcome of the disease, when the pathogen does not yet possess high virulence with sufficient resistance of the organism. It is necessary in each case of an infectious disease to immediately inject antistreptococcal serum, without waiting for the results of bacteriological research.