Single dose disposition of chloroquine in kwashiorkor and normal children-evidence for decreased absorption in kwashiorkor.

Kwashiorkor.

Leucocyte function in children with kwashiorkor.

A study of leucocyte response to infection, polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotaxis and bactericidal activity, and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction in children with kwashiorkor was undertaken and compared with a control group. The results show that total leucocyte counts were depressed in children with kwashiorkor, and lymphopenia was not infrequent. NBT reduction was normal. Abnormal polym...

The colon in kwashiorkor.

Redmond, A. 0. B., Kaschula, R. 0. C., Freeseman, C., and Hansen, J. D. L. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 470. The colon in kwashiorkor. The colon in kwashiorkor was investigated by means of rectal biopsy and sigmoidoscopy in 20 children, followed by barium enema in 10 of the children. The colon during the acute phase of the disease showed a surface epithelial atrophy, with infil...

Hypo-phosphataemia in children under five years with kwashiorkor and marasmic kwashiorkor.

BACKGROUND Severe malnutrition contributes up to 50% of childhood mortality in developing countries is frequently characterised by electrolyte depletion, including low total body phosphate. During therapeutic re-feeding, electrolyte shift from extracellular to intra-cellular compartments may induce hypo-phosphataemia (hypo-P) with resultant increased morbidity and mortality. This biochemical im...

Diarrhoea in kwashiorkor.

Diarrhoea was a common problem in the kwashiorkor seen in Kampala, contributing to the mortality and delay in recovery. Enteric infection was found in only a few children (8%), but when present it caused particularly severe diarrhoea and was frequently complicated by septicaemia.Sugar intolerance often occurred to lactose and other sugars, both monosaccharide and disaccharide. The children were...