{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T16:42:54Z","timestamp":1787071374881,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a significant clinical challenge in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the clinical and etiological relationships between UTIs and T2DM, classified based on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted involving 106 participants with culture-proven UTI at a tertiary-care hospital. Participants underwent comprehensive clinical assessment, urine culture and sensitivity testing, and evaluation of glycemic control parameters using HbA1c.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean age of the study group was 60.97 \u00b1 4.37 years, with an equal sex distribution (53 men and 53 women). This analytical cross-sectional study demonstrated a statistically significant association between poor glycemic control and a history of UTI (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001). Clinical assessment showed that fever (77.35%), increased frequency of urination (88.67%), and dysuria (85.84%) were the most prevalent symptoms.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Escherichia<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">coli<\/jats:italic>\n                      was the most common organism (55.66%), and the antimicrobial resistance pattern was highest with ampicillin (59.32%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Adequate glycemic control is crucial for reducing UTI recurrence and morbidity in patients with T2DM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/aam.aam_749_25","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T08:00:08Z","timestamp":1774598408000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A Study of Clinical and Etiological Relation of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"K.","family":"Ahamadhullah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Medicine, Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kirubhakaran","family":"Kanakaraju","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Medicine, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Research Foundation (DU), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A. 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Raghavendra","family":"Rao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Research Foundation (DU), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rudhashini","family":"Ilangovan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Medicine, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Kirupananda Variyar Medical College and Hospitals, Vinayaka Mission\u2019s Research Foundation (DU), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]]},"container-title":["Annals of African Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_749_25","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T15:45:08Z","timestamp":1787067908000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/aam.aam_749_25"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/aam.aam_749_25","relation":{},"ISSN":["1596-3519","0975-5764"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1596-3519","type":"print"},{"value":"0975-5764","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2025-11-20","name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-01-27","name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}