title: Urinary ethanol and diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Ethanol concentrations were assayed in urine samples obtained from 10 newly presenting diabetic patients (aged 50-69 years) with glycosuria and symptoms suggesting genito-urinary candidiasis. No alcohol was detected initially with diabetic urine samples, but when stored at room temperature 8 out of 10 samples showed increasing levels of ethanol from day 3 to day 20. Peak levels were more than 10,000 mg/l in three samples and more than 1500 mg/l in six samples. Studies were also performed using normal urine and urine to which was added glucose and/or Candida. Samples were kept at either room temperature or 4 degrees C for up to 21 days and ethanol assays performed at regular intervals. Studies with non-diabetic urine showed a maximum ethanol level of 500 mg/l after 11 days only in samples containing both glucose and Candida and kept at room temperature.
authors.affiliation: Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, UK.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Wills
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eldred
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000652:urine*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006029:Glycosuria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D000431:Ethanol