Hospital-acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Diabetes and Urinary Catheterization

Conclusion Unlike having diabetes, having a urinary catheter was a significant risk factor for hospital-acquired UTI (p < 0.001). However, diabetic patients with a urinary catheter had a longer length of hospital stay than those without a urinary catheter. The resistance rate of E. coli to first-generation cephalosporins was higher in diabetic patients with a urinary catheter. Fungal infections, renal insufficiency, and cerebral vascular accident were significantly (p < 0.01) related risk factors for mortality. Candida deaths outnumbered other bacterial infections, and fungal UTI was the most prominent infection in nosocomial urinary catheterized patients.
Source: Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research