Question

what do you understand by the expression synergism between malnutrition and infection​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Infection itself contributes to malnutrition.

Stimulation of an immune response by infection increases the demand for metabolically derived anabolic energy and associated substrates, leading to a synergistic vicious cycle of adverse nutritional status and increased susceptibility to infection

Answer 2

Synergism between malnutrition and infection.

Explanation:

• Malnutrition can make a person more susceptible to infection ,
• Infection also contributes to malnutrition ,
• Stimulation of an immune response by infection increases the  demand for metabolically derived energy substrates, this leads to synergistic vicious cycle.
• This cycle includes adverse nutritional deficiency and increased susceptibility to infection.