Severe childhood malnutrition

ZA Bhutta, JA Berkley, RHJ Bandsma… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
The main forms of childhood malnutrition occur predominantly in children< 5 years of age
living in low-income and middle-income countries and include stunting, wasting and …

Immune dysfunction as a cause and consequence of malnutrition

CD Bourke, JA Berkley, AJ Prendergast - Trends in immunology, 2016 - cell.com
Malnutrition, which encompasses under-and overnutrition, is responsible for an enormous
morbidity and mortality burden globally. Malnutrition results from disordered nutrient …

Human genetic basis of interindividual variability in the course of infection

JL Casanova - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The key problem in human infectious diseases was posed at the turn of the 20th century:
their pathogenesis. For almost any given virus, bacterium, fungus, or parasite, life …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality in children with complicated severe acute malnutrition is related to intestinal and systemic inflammation: an observational cohort study

S Attia, CJ Versloot, W Voskuijl, SJ van Vliet… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Diarrhea affects a large proportion of children with severe acute malnutrition
(SAM). However, its etiology and clinical consequences remain unclear. Objective: We …

Association of the controlling nutritional status score with all-cause mortality and cancer mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes: NHANES 1999–2018

D Pan, J Guo, Z Su, J Wang, S Wu, J Guo… - Diabetology & Metabolic …, 2023 - Springer
Objective There are studies on the nutritional status of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but there are
no large cohort studies on the prognosis of Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score for …

Rapid weight loss, central obesity improvement and blood glucose reduction are associated with a stronger adaptive immune response following COVID-19 mRNA …

M Watanabe, A Balena, D Masi, R Tozzi, R Risi… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Obesity is associated with a poor COVID-19 prognosis, and it seems associated with
reduced humoral response to vaccination. Public health campaigns have advocated for …

Innate immunity to Staphylococcus aureus: evolving paradigms in soft tissue and invasive infections

SL Brandt, NE Putnam, JE Cassat… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide range of diseases that together embody a significant
public health burden. Aided by metabolic flexibility and a large virulence repertoire, S …

Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to five years of age

A Schoonees, MJ Lombard… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children comprises two
potential phases: stabilisation and rehabilitation. During the initial stabilisation phase …

Biomarkers of post-discharge mortality among children with complicated severe acute malnutrition

JM Njunge, A Gwela, NK Kibinge, M Ngari… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
High mortality after discharge from hospital following acute illness has been observed
among children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). However, mechanisms that may be …

[HTML][HTML] Management of severe and moderate acute malnutrition in children

L Lenters, K Wazny, ZA Bhutta - … , maternal, newborn, and child …, 2016 - books.google.com
Each year, approximately 5.9 million children around the world die before their fifth birthday
(You and others 2015). The leading killers are prematurity and pneumonia, responsible for …