Relation between Iron Deficiency and Susceptibility to Bacterial Infections

Alqeaid, Fahad Abdullah R; Dakhel, Abdullah Khalid A

doi:10.12816/0041696

Home Articles List Article Information

|
|
|
How to cite
RIS EndNote BibTeX APA MLA Harvard Vancouver
|
Share

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Articles in Press

Current Issue

Journal Archive

Volume 99 (2025)

Volume 98 (2025)

Volume 97 (2024)

Volume 96 (2024)

Volume 95 (2024)

Volume 94 (2024)

Volume 93 (2023)

Volume 92 (2023)

Volume 91 (2023)

Volume 90 (2023)

Volume 89 (2022)

Volume 88 (2022)

Volume 87 (2022)

Volume 86 (2022)

Volume 85 (2021)

Volume 84 (2021)

Volume 83 (2021)

Volume 82 (2021)

Volume 81 (2020)

Volume 80 (2020)

Volume 79 (2020)

Volume 78 (2020)

Volume 77 (2019)

Volume 76 (2019)

Volume 75 (2019)

Volume 74 (2019)

Volume 73 (2018)

Volume 72 (2018)

Volume 71 (2018)

Volume 70 (2018)

Volume 69 (2017)

Issue 8

Issue 7

Issue 6

Issue 5

Issue 4

Issue 3

Issue 2

Issue 1

Volume 68 (2017)

Volume 67 (2017)

Volume 66 (2017)

Volume 65 (2016)

Volume 64 (2016)

Volume 63 (2016)

Volume 62 (2016)

Volume 61 (2015)

Volume 60 (2015)

Volume 59 (2015)

Volume 58 (2015)

Volume 57 (2014)

Volume 56 (2014)

Volume 55 (2014)

Volume 54 (2014)

Volume 53 (2013)

Volume 52 (2013)

Volume 51 (2013)

Volume 50 (2013)

Volume 49 (2012)

Volume 48 (2012)

Volume 47 (2012)

Volume 46 (2012)

Volume 45 (2011)

Volume 44 (2011)

Volume 43 (2011)

Volume 42 (2011)

Volume 41 (2010)

Volume 40 (2010)

Volume 39 (2010)

Volume 38 (2010)

Volume 37 (2009)

Volume 36 (2009)

Volume 35 (2009)

Volume 34 (2009)

Volume 33 (2008)

Volume 32 (2008)

Volume 31 (2008)

Volume 30 (2008)

Volume 29 (2007)

Volume 28 (2007)

Volume 27 (2007)

Volume 26 (2007)

Volume 25 (2006)

Volume 24 (2006)

Volume 23 (2006)

Volume 22 (2006)

Volume 21 (2005)

Volume 20 (2005)

Volume 19 (2005)

Volume 18 (2005)

Volume 17 (2004)

Volume 16 (2004)

Volume 15 (2004)

Volume 14 (2004)

Volume 13 (2003)

Volume 12 (2003)

Volume 11 (2003)

Volume 10 (2003)

Volume 9 (2002)

Volume 8 (2002)

Volume 7 (2002)

Volume 6 (2002)

Volume 5 (2001)

Volume 4 (2001)

Volume 3 (2001)

Volume 2 (2001)

Volume 1 (2000)

	Relation between Iron Deficiency and Susceptibility to Bacterial Infections
Article 18, Volume 69, Issue 5, October 2017, Page 2469-2475 PDF (315.35 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0041696
View on SCiNiTO
Authors
Fahad Abdullah R Alqeaid; Abdullah Khalid A Dakhel
Qassim College of Medicine, Qassim - Alrass city
Abstract
Iron deficiency (ID) is a common deficit of the particular nutrient in the body and the top-ranking cause of anemia worldwide. It is a common cause of morbidity and accounts for 50% of anemia cases in the world. Symptoms of iron deficiency are subtle and nonspecific including severe anemia, fatigue, diminished work, gastrointestinal disturbances, associated with the impaired natural type of immunity and the cell-mediated type of immunity. Therefore, differentiating the term iron deficiency and the other term infection is essential. The process by which the microbes acquires iron supplement and the respectful virulence can be identified by the application of the different type of host mechanisms and also different microbial mechanisms, thus interfering with these respective mechanisms is likely to create the future therapy forms for the bacterial diseases that are infectious. In this review article, we summarized the mechanism of iron metabolism in the body, the characteristics of iron deficiency anemia, symptoms, epidemiology and etiology, host mechanism during bacterial infection, and the susceptibility to bacterial invasion in case of iron deficiency anemia.
Keywords
Anemia; iron deficiency anemia, bacterial infection, iron, immunity


Statistics Article View: 128 PDF Download: 644