Study of Bacteriological and Clinical Profile of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital, Warangal
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: In this study we proposed to determine whether the clinical or radiological findings, the causative organisms or the out-come of pneumonia are modified by presence of diabetes mellitus as underlying disease. Introduction: Infections of respiratory tract are perhaps the most common human ailments. They are the source of discomfort, disability and loss of many work days for most adults. They lead to substantial morbidity and mortality in young children and elderly. Materials And Methods: The study was conducted for a period of 1 year, from July 2016 to July 2017.A detailed history was taken in all the patients with respect to presenting complaints predisposing factors and accompanying illness. Results: Study conducted in a group of 60 people of which 30 were diabetics and 30 non diabetics with maximum people between 40-75yrs. Conclusions: In patients with pneumonia, Diabetes mellitus is a significant prognostic factor of mortality. Comorbidities of the patients rather than microbiological findings attribute to adverse outcome.
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Poralla Sammaiah, Rajendra Prasad, V Chandra Shekhar
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