[Mechanism of reduction of the phagocytic activity of blood neutrophils in influenza patients].

The authors have anlyzed the results obtained in the study of indices characterizing phagocytosis and the activity of intracellular leukocytic enzymes in patients with uncomplicated influenza and in those with pneumonia complications. For control, the corresponding parameters were studied in patients with an infectious bacterial disease (erysipelas) and in healthy persons. A decrease in the activity of intracellular leukocytic enzymes, acidic and alkaline phosphatases, was found to be one of the causes of deficient phagocytosis (decreased phagocytic activity and the decreased index of phagocytosis completion in neutrophils).