Common uropathogens among diabetic patients with urinary tract infection at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Common uropathogens among diabetic patients with urinary tract infection at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Between June 2015 and October 2015, 159 mid-stream urine samples from diabetic patients were cultured. The prevalence of urinary tract infection was high at 22% and women were more affected compared with men (P = 0.017). Factors associated with urinary tract infection in these patients were age, sex...

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Main Authors: Barbara I. Nabaigwa, Bashir Mwambi, John Okiria, Caesar Oyet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-02-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
Uropathogens
diabetes mellitus
Urinary tract infection
Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/621

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