01250nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001000080653001100090653001100101653002600112653001200138653000900150653001600159653001100175100001300186245005800199300000900257490000700266520070900273022001400982       1982                            d  c1982 Mar10aAdolescent10aAdult10aChild10aFemale10aHumans10aIntestinal Absorption10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aXylose1 aCook G C00aXylose absorption in Papua New Guineans with leprosy.  a91-60 v393 a<p>Blood xylose concentrations were measured at 60, 90 and 120 min after 25 xylose was given orally in 33 well-nourished Papua New Guinean in-patients at Port Moresby; 12 had lepromatous (group A) and seven non-lepromatous (group B) leprosy, and 14 were controls (group C). Differences between mean xylose concentrations were not significant at any time interval. Three patients (two in group A and one in group B) had 90 min xylose concentrations less than 2.0 mmol l-1. There was no association between xylose concentration and current therapy. Leprosy does not impair small-intestinal absorptive function; it therefore differs from other chronic infections, in which there is xylose malabsorption.</p>  a0001-706X