title: Infections in the alcoholic.
abstract: Serious infections appear to occur more frequently in alcoholic patients. However, whether this is due to the effects of alcohol per se or to the other frequent complications of alcoholism--nutritional deficiencies, cirrhosis, and poor hygiene--has not been determined. The host factors that may underlie an increased frequency of infection in alcoholics and the clinical infectious syndromes associated with alcoholism are described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol