Urinary tract infections in patients with diabetes mellitus: epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment

• Published in: International journal of antimicrobial agents Vol. 31; pp. 54 - 57
• Main Author: Geerlings, Suzanne E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2008
• Subjects: Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteriuria - epidemiology; Bacteriuria - microbiology; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes mellitus; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infectious Disease; Pathogenesis; Urinary tract infection; Urinary Tract Infections - complications; Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy; Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology; Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology; Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Urinary tract infection; Pathogenesis; Diabetes mellitus

Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a higher prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) compared with patients without DM. They also more often have bacteraemia, with the urinary tract as the most common focus for these infections, as well as...