Urinary tract bacteriology and phagocytotic activities in diabetes mellitus patients

ABSTRACT

Bacteriological screening of urine samples taken from 140 patients of diabetes mellitus attending Diabetes Mellitus [DM] Center in the AL- Yarmouk Teaching Hospital was performed. Bacterial etiogenesis of the urogenital tract infection was significantly increased, especially among women. Gram negative bacteria represented 55.5% of isolates, whereas gram positive bacteria represented 28.1%. E coli, S. aureus and C and ida albicans exhibited 20.6, 14.3 and 15.9%, respectively Phagocytic activity was decreased in phagocytes of DM patients and in both sexes. Bacterial, as well as, C and idal infections had no significant influence on the activity of phagocytosis.