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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 21, 1013-1022, Copyright © 1968 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Tropical Jejunitis in Americans Serving in Vietnam

THOMAS W. SHEEHY M.D.1, LLEWELLYN J. LEGTERS M.D.2, and DONALD K. WALLACE M.D.3

1 Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
2 Lieutenant Colonel, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.
3 Fayetteville, North Carolina

The present study confirms previous observations that a nonspecific (tropical) jejunitis may develop in a significant number of Americans who journey to Southeast Asia and live in close contact with the local populace. This lesion need not be associated with severe malabsorption; moreover, it tends to clear rapidly when Americans return to this country and resume their normal way of life.




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