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The mean serum albumin concentration was significantly lower in those with infections; the mean total and \u03b3-globulin concentrations were significantly higher in the tuberculosis group.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    There was good reproducibility in triplicate assessments of glucose and water absorption rates in the individual subjects. Despite a wide scatter, the mean glucose kinetic curves were significantly flatter in those with infections than in the normal group (\n                    <jats:sc>p<\/jats:sc>\n                    &lt;0\u00b702). There was a significant association between glucose and water absorption rates in the individuals. D-xylose absorption was estimated in 11 subjects and there was a significant correlation between that and the glucose absorption rate. Jejunal morphology (n=9) and disaccharidase concentrations (n=6) were normal for African subjects and there were no significant associations between either of those and the absorption rates.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Galactose absorption kinetics have been studied in an additional four relatively normal Zambian Africans.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>This study suggests that systemic bacterial infections can produce malabsorption. This may be relevant to the weight loss in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and also to the aetiology of kwashiorkor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.12.12.1001","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,18]],"date-time":"2007-09-18T17:41:31Z","timestamp":1190137291000},"page":"1001-1006","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Glucose absorption kinetics in Zambian African patients with and without systemic bacterial infections"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"G. C.","family":"Cook","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1971,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","article-title":"In The Tribes ofZambia","author":"Brelsford, W.V.","year":"1965","unstructured":"Brelsford, W. V. (1965). In The Tribes ofZambia. 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