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KIDNEY INFECTIONS IN DIABETES MELLITUS

It is widely held that urinary tract infection (UTI) is more common in subjects with diabetes mellitus. Although there are relatively few recently published data, there is evidence suggesting that bacteriuria is more common in females but not in males with diabetes. Certain renal tract infections, including emphysematous pyelonephritis and cystitis, perinephric abscess, and candidiasis, show close association with diabetes mellitus. These, together with renal papillary necrosis, form the basis of UTI. Urinary tract is the most important and most common site of infection in diabetic patients. Diabetic patients have been found to have 5-fold frequency of acute pyelonephritis at autopsy than nondiabetics. The incidence of bacteriuria in diabetic men with good control of blood sugar is reported to be similar as in nondiabetic men, however, in pregnant diabetic women it is 2-4 times as common as in control groups.

kidney; infections; diabetes mellitus

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