The Importance of the Host Nutritional and Immune Status on the Prognosis of Urinary Tract Infection in the Elderly

This study was performed to evaluate the role of the nutritional and immune status on the prognosis of urinary tract infections (UTI) in the elderly. 192 patients among the 790 inpatients were diagnosed as UTI. Agerelated increase in the prevalence of UTI was accompanied with poor prognosis in the p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nihon Rōnen Igakkai zasshi 1993/06/25, Vol.30(6), pp.487-496
Hauptverfasser:	Toba, Kenji, Sudoh, Noriko, Ouchi, Yasuyoshi, Lien, J, Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke, Orimo, Hajime, Harada, Nobuyuki, Washida, Kazushiro, Hoshino, Tadayoshi, Ohata, Nobuko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	jpn
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Elderly Female Humans Immunity Immunocompromised Host Interleukin-2 - blood Male Middle Aged Muromonab-CD3 - blood Nutrition Nutritional Status Prognosis Prospective Studies Risk Factors Serum Albumin - analysis T-Lymphocytes - immunology Urinary tract infection Urinary Tract Infections - immunology
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Zusammenfassung:	This study was performed to evaluate the role of the nutritional and immune status on the prognosis of urinary tract infections (UTI) in the elderly. 192 patients among the 790 inpatients were diagnosed as UTI. Agerelated increase in the prevalence of UTI was accompanied with poor prognosis in the patients with hypoalbuminemia (
ISSN:	0300-9173
DOI:	10.3143/geriatrics.30.487