prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and associated host factors in women with diabetes type 2

background: asymptomatic bacteriuria (asb) is common among women with diabetes. the aim of this study was determine the prevalence of and risk factors for asb in women with diabetes type 2 in shahre-kord city of iran. methods: in a six months period (april- september 2005), a total of 100 women with diabetes (type 2) and 100 healthy women without diabetes as control group were investigated for the presence of asb. after a follow-up of six months, the rate of developing of asb to symptomatic urinary tract infection (uti) in patients was evaluated. results: the prevalence of asb was 20% in the diabetic patients and 4% in control group ( p escherichia coli , coagulase negative staphylococci, enterococcus spp. and klebsiella pneumonia were the most prevalent isolates respectively. pyuria was present in 80% of patients with asb and in 17.5% of those without asb. symptomatic uti in previous year was the only risk factor for asb in the patients ( p conclusions : the prevalence of asb is increased in women with diabetes and we recommend screening for detection and treatment of asb in diabetic patients.