Objective: This study aimed to assess different
skin infectious lesions in patients with diabetes
mellitus (DM) presenting at a tertiary care
hospital..
Methodology: A total of 200 patients with DM and
cutaneous infections were recruited from
Dermatology Outpatient of Dow University
Hospital, Karachi from January to August 2018.
History was taken with reference to cutaneous
complaints and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
levels were estimated in all patients to assess the
control of diabetes. Statistical analysis was done
with SPSS version 22.
Results: A majority of the patients (43%) had
fungal infection with Tinea corporis being the most
common (23%). Bacterial infection (32%) was the
second common infection among which folliculitis
was observed in 28% of infections. Among the
viral infections (25%), Shingles appeared in 40%
patients of the viral infected patients.
Conclusion: Cutaneous infections are more
commonly exhibited in DM patients among the
Pakistani population. These were more common
in females. Fungal cutaneous infections were the
most common infection occurring among patients
with poor glycemic control. (Rawal Med J
202;45:35-38).
Sadaf Ahmed Asim, Mehnaz Nuruddin Gitay, Sahar Soomro. (2020) Different cutaneous infections in diabetic patients presenting in an out patient department of a tertiary care hospital, , Volume 45, Issue-1.
