[Evolution of ocular infection in diabetes mellitus patients].
OBJECTIVE
The paper presents the infectious complications at patients with diabetes mellitus, and the evolution of these complications with the type of diabetes and the treatment with orale hypoglycemic agents or insulin.


METHODS
The survey was fulfilled in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova and in the Metabolic Diseases clinic, during a period of 10 years.


RESULTS
We surveyed 497 hospitalized patients, and we noticed different infectious complications: kerato-endothelitis in 9 cases, herpetic keratitis in 11 cases, anterior uveitis in 16 cases, corneal ulcus in 24 cases, total uveitis in 6 cases. In 17% of the cases, the patients were not previously aware about the diabetes affection.


CONCLUSIONS
The very severe infectious complications of the eye in diabetes, determine the doubling of the ocular and general treatment, for normalisation of the blood glucose and a good evolution of the diabetes.
Ignat
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Clinica de Oftalmologie Craiova.
Mocanu
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D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015817:Eye Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents
Evoluţia infecţiilor oculare la bolnavii cu diabet zaharat.