Tuberculosis, malnutrition and wasting
作者:
Achim Schwenk,
Derek Macallan,
期刊:
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
(OVID Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue 4
页码: 285-291
ISSN:1363-1950
年代: 2000
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Malnutrition predisposes to tuberculosis, and tuberculosis causes ‘consumption’. Starting from current advances and historic findings in epidemiology and immunology, we can hope to decipher the effects of macro- and micronutrient deficiency upon tuberculosis, the contribution of immune response to the pathogenesis of wasting, and the best approach to its treatment.
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