Article Sidebar
Published:
Apr 6, 2023DOI:
10.4314/ahs.v23i1.29Keywords:
Article Details
While African Health Sciences has been freely accessible online there have been questions on whether it is Open Access or not. We wish to clearly state that indeed African Health Sciences is Open Access. There are key issues regarding Open Access needing clarification for avoidance of doubt:
- 1. Henceforth, papers in African Health Sciences will be published under the CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution License) 4.0 International. See details on https://creativecomons.org/)
- 2. The copyright owners or the authors grant the 3rd party (perpetually and in advance) the right to disseminate, reproduce, or use the research papers in part or in full, format/medium as long as:
- No substantive errors are introduced in the process
- Attribution of authorship and correct citation details are given
- The referencing details are not changed.
Should the papers be reproduced in part, this must be clearly stated.
- 3. The papers will be freely and universally accessible online in an easily readable format such as XML in at least one widely recognized open access repository such as PUBMED CENTRAL.
B. ABRIDGED LICENCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUTHORS AND African Health Sciences
I submitted my manuscript to African Health Sciences and would like to affirm that:
1.0 I am authorized by my co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
2.0 I guarantee, on behalf of self and co-authors:
- That the paper is original, and has not been published in any other peer-reviewed journal; nor is it under consideration by other journal (s). It does not infringe existing copyright or any other person’s rights
- That we are/I am the sole author(s) of the paper and with authority to enter into this agreement. My granting rights to African Health Sciences is not in breach of any other obligation
- That the paper contains nothing unlawful, or libelous. Nor anything that would constitute a breach of contract, confidence or commitment given to secrecy, if published
- That I/we have taken care to ensure the integrity of the article.
3.0 I and all co-authors, agree that the paper, if accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. (see https://creativecommons.org/)
Main Article Content
Prevalence of genitourinary infection in diabetic patients treated with SGLT 2 inhibitors
Abstract
Introduction: Genitourinary infections are common in Diabetes patients compared to the general population more so in patients with Sodium glucose co transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) treatment , So, we did a study to find the prevalence of genitourinary infection in T2DM patients treated with SGLT2i.
Methods: One hundred and twenty patients receiving SGLT2i, who had signs and symptoms indicative of genitourinary infections were enrolled into the study.
Results: The mean age of presentation was 54.4 ± 7.7 years and percentage of males were 62 (51.66%). In this cohort, 72(60%) were treated with empagliflozin, 34(28.33%) with dapagliflozin and 14(11.66%) with canagliflozin. Twenty patients had genital mycotic infection and 4 had urinary tract infection. Female patients had higher incidence of infections than male patients with no statistically significant difference (P = ns). We did not find any significant correlation between age of the patient, gender, duration of disease and treatment, HbA1c, different types and dose of SGLT2i used with the incidence of genital mycotic infections
(P = ns).
Conclusion: We need to counsel the patients before starting SGLT2i regarding possible chance of getting genitourinary infection, proper genital hygiene, drinking plenty of water and consulting the doctor if any symptoms at the earliest.
Keywords: Diabetes Complications; SGLT 2 inhibitors; genitourinary infections.
