Urinary tract infection frequency and pattern in patients with diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT

To determine the frequency and pattern of urinary tract infection in patients with diabetes mellitus. Descriptive case series study. February 2009 to July 2009. Department of medicine at Liaquat University Hospital]. All patients >/= 18 years of age, of either gender were known diabetes for >/= 2 years duration. The infection was labeled when>5/hpf leukocyte in urine and growth of organism on urine for C/S. The blood sugar and hemoglobin A1C [HbA1C] was also advised to evaluate the status of their diabetes i.e. control or poorly control. During study period total 150 diabetic patients were evaluated for urinary tract infection, of which 92[61%] had UTI. Out of ninety two 80[87%] had diabetes type 2 and 12[13%] were diabetes type 1. The female gender was predominant. The mean +/- SD for age of patients with type 2 and type 1 diabetes mellitus was 53.52 +/- 10.74 and 20.77 +/- 1.65 whereas the mean random blood sugar level in patients with type 2 and 1 diabetes was 232.85 +/- 5.87 and 288.99 +/- 7.87. The mean +/- SD for duration of diabetes type 2 and 1 was 4.77 +/- 2.31 and 2.56 +/- 1.42. The isolated microorganism were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella, Enterobacteriaceae and C.albicans. The urinary tract infection is more prevalent in patients with diabetes mellitus