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Springer (part of Springer Nature), Current Infectious Disease Reports, 1(16)

DOI: 10.1007/s11908-013-0389-2

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Urinary Tract Infection in Diabetes: Epidemiologic Considerations

Journal article published in 2014 by Victoire de Lastours ORCID, Betsy Foxman ORCID
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Abstract

The epidemiology of urnary tract infections (UTIs) among men and women with diabetes is similar to the epidemiology of those without: Women have greater risk than men, and frequency of sexual activity is a risk factor. The bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibility patterns also do not, in general, differ from those without diabetes. Although persons with diabetes are more likely to have asymptomatic bacteriuria, asymptomatic bacteriuria does not lead to increased risk of symptomatic infection, except during pregnancy or prior to genital-urinary or gastrointestinal surgery, and should not be treated otherwise. However, diabetes doubles the risk of UTI. The source of this increase is not well understood, although bladder dysfunction, which increases with duration of diabetes, and glycosuria are hypothesized mechanisms. As treatment using sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors-which lead to glycosuria-increases, there is a potential for the frequency of UTI to increase among those with diabetes.