Fatal infections in protein-calorie malnourished children with thymolymphatic atrophy
| Autor: | D T Purtilo, D H Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Shigellosis Miliary tuberculosis Tuberculosis Plasmodium falciparum Thymus Gland Infections Staphylococcal infections Protein-Energy Malnutrition Measles Hookworm Infections Chickenpox Immunity parasitic diseases medicine Humans Child Dysentery Bacillary Immunity Cellular Pneumocystis Tuberculosis Miliary business.industry Infant Herpes Simplex Bacterial Infections Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease Virology Malaria Strongyloidiasis Pneumocystis carinii Child Preschool Kwashiorkor Salmonella Infections Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology Female Lymph Nodes Atrophy business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. 50:149-152 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/adc.50.2.149 |
| Popis: | The clinicopathological features of 25 children who died with protein-calorie malnutrition were studied. All but four subjects were found at necropsy to have nutritional thymectomy and all but 3 died of infectious diseases. The infectious agents were chiefly intracellular micro-organisms including miliary tuberculosis, Herpes simplex, varicella, measles, Pneumocystis carinii, and Plasmodium falciparum. Staphylococcal infections, salmonellosis, shigellosis, strongyloidiasis, and hookworm were other significant infectious agents. Nutritionally acquired defective immunity, especially cell-mediated immunity, probably permitted these infectious agents to multiply and to disseminate widely. |
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