Infection's profile in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus a study of 135 cases

ABSTRACT

The authors studied the infection 's profile of 135 hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus. 77patients [57%]are insulino-dependent and 58 [43%] are non insulino-dependent. The infection appears in 158 episodes, it's bacteriemic 's infection in 144 episodes [91.1%] and viral's infection in 14 episodes [8.9%]. Among the bacteriemic 's infections, a non tuberculous pathology exists in 133 episodes [92.4%],and tuberculosis in 11 episodes [7.6%]. the bacteriologic 's profile is reprented in particular by the enterobacteria [75.3%] specially the colibacille [61%]. The evolutif 's profile notes a relapse in 21 patients [15.6%] and a mortality in 14 cases [10.4%]