ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021
Asymptomatic urinary tract infections and associated risk factors in Pakistani Muslim type 2 diabetic patients.
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- Materials-based incidence of urinary catheter associated urinary tract infections and the causative micro-organisms: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC urology · 2024Pooled it
- Safety and efficacy of Empagliflozin in Pakistani Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes (SAFE-PAK); a randomized clinical trial.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Trial
- Prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetic postmenopausal women in Tripoli, Libya.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Risk factors for positive urine culture and antimicrobial resistance in suspected UTI after flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- The Role of Prognostic Nutritional Index in UTI Susceptibility Among Female Type 2 Diabetic Patients.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Article
- Phenotypic identification of different β-Lactamases in intrinsic and acquired colistin resistant uropathogenic gram negative bacteria.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Urinary Tract Infection among Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Infectious disease reports · 2023Article
- Case Report: Urinary Tract Infection in a Diabetic Postmenopausal Woman With Multiple Episodes of Recurrence: An Antimicrobial Susceptibility dispute.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the leading long-term complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) includes renal dysfunction and urinary tract infections (UTI) which are considered to be prevalent in uncontrolled diabetes. Moreover, physiological factors like age, gender, duration of diabetes, other diabetic complications like neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy and glycosuria are also considered as predisposing factors for increased prevalence of UTI in diabetes which can be symptomatic or asymptomatic.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional, multi-centre study including diabetic patients from 12 clinical sites spread across major cities of Pakistan. The inclusion criteria were adult Pakistani population of age between 18 to 75 years both genders and suffering from T2DM irrespective of duration. A detailed clinical history of the past 3 months was recorded and, biochemical investigations of blood samples were conducted. Urine culture analysis performed identified the type of pathogen present and was done only for asymptomatic patients.
resultsA total of 745 type 2 diabetic patients were initially screened, out of 545 patients considered for final analysis 501 (91.92%) were negative and the rest 44 (8.08%) had positive urine culture. Female gender had a significantly higher proportion of positive urine culture (77.27%, p-value< 0.001). Body mass index and mean age had insignificant distribution among the two groups of positive and negative urine culture, with age 40-59 years having higher proportion (70.45%) in the positive group. Escherichia coli was detected in most of the positive samples (52.3%). All bacterial samples were found resistant to Ciprofloxacin.
conclusionDiabetic Pakistani muslim female patients are identified to be at high risk of suffering from asymptomatic UTI and age more than 40 years is an important risk factor. Escherichia coli was the most common causative organism among people living in this geographical area.
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