Email this article 
Hide
Show all
Brief Report
Common uropathogens among diabetic patients with urinary tract infection at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 7, No 1 | a621 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v7i1.621
| © 2018 Barbara I. Nabaigwa, Bashir Mwambi, John Okiria, Caesar Oyet
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 February 2017 | Published: 09 February 2018
Submitted: 21 February 2017 | Published: 09 February 2018
About the author(s)
Barbara I. Nabaigwa, International Health Sciences University, Kampala, UgandaBashir Mwambi, International Health Sciences University, Kampala, Uganda
John Okiria, International Health Sciences University, Kampala, Uganda
Caesar Oyet, International Health Sciences University, Kampala, Uganda
Abstract
Between June 2015 and October 2015, 159 mid-stream urine samples from diabetic patients were cultured. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was high at 22% and women were more affected compared with men (P = 0.017). Factors associated with urinary tract infection in these patients were age, sex and high blood glucose levels. Diabetic patients should be screened periodically for urinary tract infection.
Keywords
Uropathogens; diabetes mellitus; Urinary tract infection
Metrics
Total abstract views: 3836Total article views: 5137
Crossref Citations
1. The role of pathogens in diabetes pathogenesis and the potential of immunoproteomics as a diagnostic and prognostic tool
Muhammad Umar Sohail, Fathima Mashood, Andreas Oberbach, Sareena Chennakkandathil, Frank Schmidt
Frontiers in Microbiology vol: 13 year: 2022
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1042362