The resistance of the cornea to infection is lowered in Kwashiorkor. There is more morbidity of the cornea among children who have been malnourished. Thus among 1,000 well-nourished children examined, there were only 2 (0.2%) children with corneal opacity, whereas among 200 children who were being treated for Protein-Calorie Malnutrition 4 (2%) had corneal lesions. The Lowering of resistance of...

Whitehead (1965) recently showed that a measurement of the amount of hydroxyproline excreted in the urine was of value in detecting marginal malnutrition. He also suggested that a simultaneous measurement of the plasma amino acid ratio (Whitehead, 1964) provided a biochemical means of differentiating between malnutrition, in which the primary deficiency was one of protein, and undernutrition du...

In kwashiorkor the heart is clinically and radiologically small. This study utilises echocardiography, a tool not previously used in this disease, to show that this is due to decreased muscle mass.

We report the main characteristics of Anaeromassilibacillus senegalensis strain mt9(T) (= CSUR P1511) isolated from the stool of a 1-year-old kwashiorkor patient from Senegal.