Prevalence and Clinical Profile of Urinary Tract Infection among Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital
Abstract
BACKGROUND: UTI is a condition in which one or more than one part of the urinary system becomes infected. UTI is the most common of the bacterial infections. It is mainly caused by gram negative bacteria like E. Coli, Klebsiella and pseudomonas aeruginosa. The risk factors of UTI includes diabetes, menopause, use of SGLT-2 inhibitors, renal stone, etc. and the recurrence of UTI can be controlled by assessing these risk factors. Diabetes mellitus is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycaemia caused by absolute or relative deficiency of insulin. Diabetic patients have a higher incidence of UTI than non-diabetic patients, with a higher severity UTI which can be a cause of complications ranging from dysuria to organ damage and sometimes even can cause complicated UTI. The severity of UTI among patients was also compared using RUTISS, which helps in detecting the quality of life. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence of UTI in diabetes mellitus and non-diabetes mellitus patients. The Objectives is to compare the prevalence of UTI, to describe the prescription pattern for UTI, to assess the risk factors of UTI, to detect the effect of hypoglycaemia agents in UTI, to evaluate the quality of life in UTI patients and to assess the effect of UTI in DM and non-DM patients. METHOD: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in general medicine, gynaecology, paediatrics, surgery and MOS departments of a 450 bedded tertiary care hospital and the study was carried…
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