Urinary-Tract Infections in Diabetic Women

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Abstract
THE gravity of urinary-tract infections in diabetes is indicated by past studies1 2 3 4 5 6 and the fact that a recent review of 100 autopsies upon diabetic patients dying in the New England Deaconess Hospital in the years 1945 through 19507 showed that 30 per cent had suffered from significant infection. This presents a serious problem in addition to the effect upon life expectancy when one considers the cost of hospitalization, nursing care, bacteriologic studies and the use of the new antibiotics.As an illustration of this problem, it is pointed out that 51 among the first 52 diabetic patients referred for a . . .