Urinary Tract Infection is the Most Common Complication in Diabetic Patients

Abstract

Objective: The urinary tract infection are more frequent complications in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Study Design: Experimental Study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at GMMMC Hospital, Sukkur, Pakistan from April 2008 to July 2009.

Materials and Methods: The patients which were selected in study all were more than 20years of age, of either gender were known diabetes for more than 3 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.

Results: in this study total 200 diabetic patients were evaluated for urinary tract infection, of which 142(71%) had UTI. Out of 142 patients 130(91%) had diabetes type 2 and 12(8.4%) were diabetes type 1. The male to female ratio was 1:2. The age of patients with type 2 and type 1 diabetes mellitus was 50.52±9.74 and 18.77±2.65 whereas the mean random blood sugar level in patients with type 2 and 1 diabetes was 240 and 290. The duration of diabetes type 2 and 1 was 3.80±2.31 and 2.54±1.42. The isolated microorganism were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella, Enterobacteriaceae and C.albicans.

Conclusion: The urinary tract infection is more common complication in patients with diabetes mellitus.