Survey on Urinary Tract Infection Associated with Diabetes Mellitus
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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) remains a common infection diagnosed in outpatients as well as in hospitalized patients. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are important for diabetic patients as high glucose in the urine makes rich proliferation of bacteria. Thus, a prospective study was carried out to know the risk of urinary tract infection and diabetic mellitus in patients attending Government hospital, Thuraiyur (TK), Trichy (DT), Tamil Nadu from October 2013 to March 2014. Presence of albumin in urine samples were tested using Sulphosalicylic Acid (SSA reagent) precipitation method to find UTI in patients. Dip stick method was used to diagnose DM from urine sample. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. In this study, among 135 urine samples, 76.3% of samples were urinary tract infected, 23.7% were DM and 6.8% were UTI associated with DM. Analysis of results showed a prevalence of UTI and DM in male than the female during the study period.
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