BACTERIAL URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS(UTIS) ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETS
2009
One hundred (urine & blood ) samples were collected from Al-Fayhaahospital patients with UTI from July 2006 to July 2007. Eighty one patients weresuffered from diabetic, the levels of blood sugar were ( 100 - 350 mg / dl. ) for fastingpatients and( 200- 500 mg / dL. ) for random test . Nineteen patients were notdiabetic. General Urine Examination ( GUE ) and urine culture were done forsamples, eighty-three samples were positive to bacterial culture. The bacteria wereidentified by biochemical tests ( catalase, oxidase, IMVIC tests, H2S production,urease, coagulase und growth in 6.5 % NaCl) after Gram stain and motility test. Theresults showed that (37) isolates were E. coli, (20) Staphylococcus aureus, (16 ) forKlebsiella pneumonia, (7)for Proteus Sp., (5) Staphylococcus epidermidis,(5)Pseudomonas aureoginosa and Enterococcus faecalis (3). GUE showed that 94patients have pus cells , crystal, uric acid and amorphous crystal that provide UTI. Inconclusion the study showed that the patients with a history of chronic diabetes (2-25)years developed UTI.INTRODUCTION
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