Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Diabetes is a major risk factor for Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia. The purpose of this work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological profile of SA bacteremia in diabetics.Patients and methods: Retrospective study conducted in the infectious diseases department of Sfax between January 2003 and April 2022 (19 years), including all diabetics admitted for SA bacteremia (at least one positive blood culture).<p class="...

Diabetes is a factor favoring infections. Among which, the sepsis that becomes formidable and serious on this ground. The purpose of our work is to study the clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features of sepsis in diabetics. A retrospective study of 43 cases of septicemia in diabetic patients collected at the service of Sfax Infectious Diseases. There were 22 men and 21 women, mean age 59 (20–78) years. Community origin was present in 88.4% of cases and nosocomial in...