PSEUDOMONAS VACCINE AND HYPERIMMUNE PLASMA IN THE TREATMENT OF THE SEVERELY BURNED PATIENT (A PROGRESS REPORT)

Abstract

This progress report demonstrates a pseudomonas vaccine and hyperimmune plasma used in treating 61 patients with burns involving a minimum of 20 percent of the body with full-thickness (third degree) loss of 40 percent total injury (partial thickness and full-thickness). The incidence of septicemia had decreased and mortality due to pseudomonas septicemia, when it does occur, has been greatly reduced.