title: [Urinary tract infection by Candida species].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency and characteristics of urinary tract infection (UTI) by Candida in diabetic patients (with and without symptoms) and to compare them with non-diabetic patients (with and without symptoms).
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal, descriptive, and observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study conducted at the "Dr Ignacio Chavez" Clinic of family medicine, ISSSTE: Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 2 kinds of patients; 1 with diabetes mellitus diagnosis (DM) with and without clinical picture of probable urinary tract infection (UTI), and 1 without DM and with and without clinical picture of probable UTI.
  
  
  METHODS
  A urine culture and a confidential questionnaire were administered to find the presence of urinary symptoms and likely risk factors associated with the infection. To associate these risks, the chi2 statistical method was used, with significance at 95% and Fisher's Exact Test for small frequencies, using the EpiInfo V.6.0 program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred thirty seven patients between 28 and 82 years old were included. The prevalence of urinary infection by Candida was 5.1%, but only 33% of these had C albicans. There was no association between candidiasis and factors like age, sex, or presence of DM, but it was related to previous treatments, previous UTI and the evolution time of DM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conscious search by both doctor and laboratory for Candida micro-organisms as factors causing UTI is important. This is especially so in those patients with factors of risk that may condition Candida's presence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Medicina Familiar, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México. albemari@correo.unam.mx
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Pedraza Avilés
authors.forename: Rosalina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luís Hernández
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luna Avila
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dávila Mendoza
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortiz Zaragoza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*