Department of Medicine, Alioune Diop University, Bambey, Senegal
 Research Article   
								
																Infectious Complications of Diabetes at Ndamatou Hospital in Touba including a Population of 195 Cases Collected from January 2017 to December 2020 
																Author(s): Ngom Ndeye Fatou*, Sow Djiby, Dia Mountaga Elimane, Faye Fulgence Abdou, Ba Awa, Ndiaye Abdoul Aziz and Ka Ousseynou             
								
																
						 Introduction: Diabetes is a public health problem. It exposes to metabolic and chronic complications but also infectious ones. The latter can 
  destabilize diabetes and increase morbidity and mortality. This prompted us to carry out this study, the objective of which is to describe the 
  infectious complications of diabetes in the department of internal medicine and medical specialties of Ndamatou Hospital in Touba Senegal, 
  Diourbel region.
Patients and methods: This is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study of diabetic subjects hospitalized with an infection over a four-year 
  period from January 2017 to December 2020.
Results: During the study period, 439 patients were hospitalized for diabetes. Of these patients, 195 diabetics had an infection, a frequency of 
  44.42%. The mean age was 52.10 .. Read More»
						  
																DOI:
								10.37421/2684-4559.2022.6.166															  
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