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Endotoxemia in protein-energy malnutrition
K Klein1, G J Fuchs, P Kulapongs
1Research Institute for Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
The plasma endotoxin levels of 16 severely malnourished Thai children were determined by the Limulus amebocyte lysate assay. Endotoxemia was present in seven children (44%) on admission to the hospital and was associated with the coexistence of vitamin A deficiency. Protein-energy malnutrition is associated with the presence of endotoxemia.