of the children, respectively. The frequency of vitamin A deficiency in the Kabul series (11.2%) was much lower than in the Hyderabad series (32.6%). The authors attributed this to prolonged breastfeeding, which would have helped meet the children’s vitamin A requirements. Prevalence of vitamin B complex deficiency was also lower in the Kabul series (22.2%) as compared to the Hyderabad series (...

The role of disseminated intravascular clotting (DIC) in the pathogenesis of the bleeding diathesis kwashiorkor was investigated in 22 patients. According to the severity of the clinical and haematological findings, two grades of DIC were observed. A severe grade of DIC was shown in 6 cases (5 fatal) presenting with thrombocytopenia, hypofibinogenaemia, and multiple coagulation defects, and wi...

Herein, we report the main characteristics of 'Flaviflexus massiliensis' strain SIT4(T) (CSURP1300), a new bacterium that was isolated from the stool specimen of a 2-year-old girl from Niger suffering from kwashiorkor.

A non-agglutinable Vibrio cholerae strain isolated from the blood of a child with kwashiorkor and fever was shown to have the potential to invade as well as to produce a toxin resembling cholera toxin.

Computed tomography of the brain was performed initially and after nutritional rehabilitation on 12 children with kwashiorkor. The severe cerebral shrinkage evident initially resolved after nutritional rehabilitation. The mechanism and significance of this reversible abnormality remains to be determined.

I N Central Anuenicam as in Jamaica2 and Africa,3 childre suffering from the severe protein dleficiency of kwashiorkor have been found to have a very low urinary output of creatinine. Standlard et al. found that during recovery urinary creatinine increases proportionally to the increase in muscle mass. However, about half of their patiemits and most of ours showedi an abrupt transient rise in c...

I . Lysozyme activity was estimated in plasma and leucocytes of twelve children suffering from kwashiorkor, thirteen children with ocular signs of vitamin A deficiency and ten apparently normal children acting as controls. 2. The results showed that the activity of lysozyme in leucocytes was significantly reduced in children with kwashiorkor and in vitamin A-deficient children. Following therap...

Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, Rivers State University of Education, P. M. B. 5047. Port Harcourt, Nigeria. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria This study deals with the incidence of Marasmic-kwashiorkor among children in Port Harcourt from the period 1994-1997. The study was undertaken at the University of Port Harcourt Teachin...