1998 Volume 72 Issue 6 Pages 569-574
Recently, the therapeutic guideline has been mentioned in opportunistic infection of the compromised host, and many observations regarding complication of infection in these hosts have been reported. However, there were few reports in the relationship between infection and immune function or nutritional status.
In this study, we confirmed that the nutritional status influences immune function in patients with lung cancer, hepatoma and renal failure, and that malnutrition markedly reduces their immunity. In patients after operation who where the pre-operative assessment of the nutritional status was performed an attempt to improve the nutritional status has been already made to improve their prognosis. Therefore, we emphasize that the management of the nutritional status even in hosts with many other diseases is thought to be important in protection against infection and prognosis of the disease.
