Body mass index and the risk of infection - from underweight to obesity

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 24-28

  Dobner, J ^a   Kaser, S ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body mass index; Infection risk; Obesity; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 85015979336     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.02.013     Document Type: Review

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