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Comparison of Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in Diabetic vs Non-Diabetic and Associated Pathogens
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cureus, Inc., 2020.
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Abstract
- Introduction Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in low socioeconomic country like Pakistan. There are various factors responsible for UTI, one major factor being diabetes. This study aims to compare diabetic and non-diabetic patients, for gender association, symptoms, and organisms, with UTI. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in the medicine ward of tertiary care hospital in Pakistan from January 2019 to December 2019. For urine analysis, freshly voided 5-10 ml of clean midstream urine specimens was collected in a sterile container. Samples were sent to the lab immediately, A colony count of ≥105 CFU/ml was considered for the diagnosis of UTI. Culture was done if UTI was diagnosed. Results The overall incidence of UTI in participants of the diabetic group was significantly higher than those in the non-diabetic group (13.67% vs 6.40%; P=0.004). Escherichia coli was the most common organism in both the diabetic and non-diabetic groups (60% vs 72%; P=0.73). Frequency of Klebsiella was considerably higher in the participants of diabetes but it was not significant (23.3% vs 11.1%; P=0.29). Conclusion UTI was significantly higher in the diabetic population compared to the non-diabetic population. Since diabetes is prevalent in Pakistan, care of diabetes should include reducing the risk factors for UTI.
- Subjects :
- Klebsiella
medicine.medical_specialty
Urinary system
Population
Urine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
urologic and male genital diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine
medicine
education
education.field_of_study
pakistan
biology
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
General Engineering
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
diabetes mellitus
Colony count
urinary tract infection
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Non diabetic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b02827d865b97e67122b94abf2928ba