[Perspective for using chitin drugs in obstetrical practice].
The article focuses on structure, physical-and-chemical properties of chitin and glucans. An analysis was performed of experimental and clinical results of treatment with chitin and glucans. Shown in the paper is a high antibacterial activity of the drug mycoton. Its use as a topica or per os results in alleviation of signs of local inflammation, earlier transition of the hydration phase to the dehydration phase, accelaration of the process of tissue regeneration, which fact permits cutting the time of the in-patient's staying in hospital by 3.5 to 5.4 days. On the basis of the abovestated the conclusion has been reached that mycoton is a chitin-containing drug obtained from higher basidial fungi, it can be used as an alternative drug for treating of wound infection in the obstetrician's practice.