Recent Studies on Urinary Tract Infections in Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the common endocrine disorder characterised by increased levels of glucose in the blood. DM is an important medical and public health issue world widely. The incidence has been exponentially increased globally. Evidence revealed that diabetics are more prone to infections than non-diabetic patients. UTI is one of the infections that occurs more frequently among DM patients. UTIs are considered as complicated and carry worst outcome when it occurs in DM patients. Many studies concluded that uncontrolled DM is significantly associated with more UTIs. Majorly E.coli followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae are the most common causative agents of UTIs among DM patients and cystitis is the most prevalent type of UTI. Resistance pattern of antibiotics is highly variable but the majority of the pathogens showed resistance against ampicillin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and cefotaxime while prescribing patterns showed that cephalosporins were the most commonly prescribed antibiotics followed by penicillin.

Author(s):

Mehr Ali Shah, Yaman Walid Kassab, Muhammad Junaid Farooq, Talha Khalid and Misbah Ifzaal

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