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INFECTIONS IN DIABETES

2001; Elsevier BV; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70153-7

1557-9824

Helene Calvet, Thomas T. Yoshikawa,

Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

It is estimated that approximately 7% of the adult population in the United States, or 8 million adults, are affected by diabetes mellitus. Despite the progress in pharmaceutics with many new oral medications available to control diabetes, many diabetics continue to experience serious morbidities related to their disease. Infectious morbidities are common, with diabetics being susceptible to infection for a variety of reasons. Certain types of infections tend to be more common in diabetics than in others, and other infections may be more severe in diabetics than in nondiabetics. In this article, the immune defects leading to increased susceptibility to infections will be reviewed, followed by brief reviews of infections that are common in diabetics (Table 1).