Asymptomatic bacteriuria in women with diabetes: influence of metabolic control.
We screened 228 women with diabetes for bacteriuria during the period of January 1997 through December 2000 at Pisa General Hospital (Pisa, Italy). A control group of 146 women without diabetes was also evaluated. The frequency of significant bacteriuria was 17.5% (40 of 228) among women with diabetes and 18.5% (27 of 146) among women in the control group. Seven (13.5%) of 52 and 33 (18.8%) of 176 women with type 1 and in type 2 diabetes, respectively, had significant bacteriuria. The presence of higher glycated hemoglobin levels was the only significant risk factor for significant bacteriuria in women with type 2 diabetes. A similar frequency of bacteriuria in women with and women without diabetes was found. Severe impairment of metabolic control of type 2 diabetes increases the risk of acquiring asymptomatic bacteriuria.
Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University-Hospital, Pisa, Italy. m.bonadio@int.med.unipi.it.
Mario
M
Bonadio
Elisabetta
E
Boldrini
Giovanna
G
Forotti
Elena
E
Matteucci
Armando
A
Vigna
Stefano
S
Mori
Ottavio
O
Giampietro
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors