[The role of disorders in the pulmonary surfactant system in the pathogenesis of acute pneumonia].

Findings from the electronic microscopy investigation into the surfactant system suggest that the trigger mechanism in the pathogenesis of the inflammatory diseases of the lungs may be disarrangements in the surfactant system on ultrastructural and micromolecular levels, that precede the clinical manifestations. As a result of profound, uncorrectable changes in the organism's surfactant system the inflammatory process tends to run a protracted course.