title: Relation between malaria serum gamma-globulin concentration and the D-xylose absorption test.
abstract: D-xylose excretion after a 25 g. oral load was determined in 15 African subjects suffering from malaria. Nine of them were re-investigated after the malaria had been or was being treated. Malarial parasitaemia and pyrexia did not significantly influence results of the D-xylose test. However, in the untreated subjects, there was a significant inverse correlation between the weight of D-xylose excreted and the serum gamma-globulin concentrations. The observation may have a nutritional importance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008288:Malaria / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010965:Plasmodium malariae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D014994:Xylose