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None anticipated bacterial urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients relative to duration and angiopathies | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 37-44 | ||
| Author | ||
| Salim M. Alruba | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Diabetes mellitus is a well known metabolic and vascular illness associated with high incidence of bacterial urinary tract infections especially in diabetic complications including both micro and macro-vascular types. Objective: To study the incidence of bacterial urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients, the type of micro-organism responsible in relation to age, sex of patients, duration of the disease & related micro & macrovascular diabetic complications. Methods: A prospective study of the diabetic patients including 40 males with mean age of 54(±9) years and 50 females, mean age of 51(±7) years and duration of the and sex matched controls (27 males and 33 females). Symptoms of urinary tract infections, general urine examination, urine culture & ultrasound of abdomen were studied & reported for both groups. Results: This study showed significant increase in urinary tract infections among diabetic patients with four fold rise in bacteriuria especially among diabetic women & Escherechia Coli was the predominant micro-organism in 85% of cases. Conclusion: Urinary tract infection has significant increase incidence in type 2 diabetic patients with fourfold rise among diabetic women. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Urinary tract infections; diabetes mellitus; angiopathies | ||
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