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Chapter-46 Nutrition and Tuberculosis

BOOK TITLE: Tuberculosis

Author
1. Andrews Jason
2. Subbaraman Ramnath
ISBN
9788184485141
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10992_46
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
10
Author Affiliations
1. University of California, San Francisco, USA, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
2. University of California, San Francisco, USA, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Abstract

In this chapter, impact of nutrition on the risk of active TB infection and its natural history is described basing on evidence from animal models and clinical evidence. Impact of TB on nutritional status is described then. Natural history of TB in malnourished patients, clinical implications of nutritional state on TB, monitoring the nutritional status, nutritional interventions in patients with active TB are covered in detail. This chapter also illuminates the synergistic interaction between TB and malnutrition.

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