Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infections in Diabetic and Diabetic Ketoacidosis Patients
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https://doi.org/10.71395/ijhp.1.4.2024.19-23Abstract
Background and Objectives: Diabetes mellitus has long been considered to be a predisposing factor for urinary tract infection (UTI) because of sugar in the urine, which serves as media for the growth of bacteria. The colonized urinary tract can also accelerate the prolonged release of bacteria with an increased risk of complications of the urinary system, ranging from dysuria (pain or burning sensation during urination) to organ damage and sometimes even death. To determine the frequency of urinary tract infections in diabetic ketoacidosis patients.
METHODOLOGY: A total of 116 diabetic patients presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis aged 1 to 15 years of either gender were included. Patients with a history of antibiotic therapy taken within the last two weeks, renal
stones and urinary tract anomalies were excluded. After this, clean-catch midstream urine was collected from each patient into a sterile universal container and sent to the institutional pathology laboratory for microscopic
examination and the presence or absence of UTI was noted.
RESULTS: The age range in this study was from 5 to 14 years with a mean age of 8.75 ± 2.44 years. The majority of the patients 61 (52.59%) were from 9-15 years of age. Out of 116 patients, 69 (59.48%) were males and 47 (40.52%) were females with male to female ratio of 1.5:1. This study has shown the frequency of urinary tract infections in diabetic ketoacidosis patients as 42 (36.21%).
CONCLUSION: This study has shown that the frequency of urinary tract infections in diabetic ketoacidosis patients is quite high.
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