[Effect of a diet with an elevated protein quota on the immune status in the malabsorption syndrome]

The immune status was examined in 126 patients with malabsorption. Of these, 100 subjects suffered from chronic enteritis of varying severity. Twenty-six patients developed malabsorption after extensive resection of the small intestine. Lymphocyte proliferation and migration of peripheral blood leukocytes exposed to PHA served as immunologic criteria. The secondary immunodeficient status ascertained by the authors correlated with the disease severity and stage. The diets differing in the protein quota (100, 130, 160 g) were applied as the basic therapeutic factor. The best effect was attained with the diet containing 130 g protein which makes it possible to use it for immunocorrection in secondary immunodeficient states of varying etiology.