The relationship between nutritional status and opportunistic infections in HIV+/ARC/AIDS patients at a veterans administration hospital. (AIDS-related complex)(Research Report)

AUTHORS: K. Adamek, S. Foley, E. Timmons and E. Briones. Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois.

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association to be held October 25-28, 1993, in Anaheim, California, "The protein energy malnutrition manifested by patients with HIV infection may lead to further depression of their immunological function. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between the nutritional status and the incidence of opportunistic infections; and to determine the differences in nutritional status of HIV(+)/ARC/AIDS patients with and without active …