Tuberculosis, malnutrition and wasting
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
- Vol. 3 (4), 285-291
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00075197-200007000-00008
Abstract
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.Keywords
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