A Clinical Study of Diabetes Mellitus Type II and its Association with Bacterial Infections

Abstract

This study was carried out at the Al-Nasiriyah Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes for the period from 10th October 2013 to 3rd September 2014. It was conducted to determine the causal factors of diabetes mellitus type II at Thi-Qar province south of Iraq. The results showed that the incidence of diabetes was high among females (54%). The results also showed that the highest rate (30%) of the diabetes among age group 49-59 years that they have symptoms of diabetes but they have not a history of diabetes (51%). The highest incidence of diabetes was among smoker patients (64%), that the distribution of diabetes among urban was high (62%) than rural (38%). In addition, pathogenic bacteria were isolated from diabetic patients from different infectious sites such as urinary tract, wound and respiratory tract infections. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated at high percentage respectively, while the most bacterial isolates showed resistance to Ampicillin and Amoxycillin, but other isolates showed sensitive to Amikacin, Cefotaxime, Azithromycin and Cefixime. The results from published reports as well as our data suggest that good control of blood sugar in diabetic patients is a necessary aim to prevent of certain infections and to ensure maintenance of normal host defence.