Open AccessClinical and Laboratory Profile of Urinary Tract Infections in Type 2 Diabetics Aged over 60 Years
Author(s) -
Sonal Sharma,
Biju Govind,
Sujeet Kumar Naidu,
Srinivas Kinjarapu,
Mohammed Tahir Rasool
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25019.9662
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , diabetes mellitus , bacteriuria , incidence (geometry) , type 2 diabetes , urine , gastroenterology , endocrinology , physics , optics
Urinary tract infections are frequently encountered among diabetic patients and the incidence rate increases with age. There have been growing research to identify the clinical profile of urinary tract infections in diabetic patients. However, such studies on elderly patients are rare.