Pulmonary complications of diabetes mellitus: pneumonia
H Koziel, MJ Koziel - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 1995 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus is often identified as an independent risk factor for developing lower
respiratory tract infections. 115,172 The available data are incomplete, however. Prior to
1924, 19% of diabetic deaths were attributed to infection, the majority of which were
pulmonary. s-Over a period between 1958 and 1965, Warren and LeCompte196 reported a
series of 779 deaths in diabetic patients at the Joslin Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, in
which 170 were attributed to infection, and pneumonia accounted for 54% of these fatal …
respiratory tract infections. 115,172 The available data are incomplete, however. Prior to
1924, 19% of diabetic deaths were attributed to infection, the majority of which were
pulmonary. s-Over a period between 1958 and 1965, Warren and LeCompte196 reported a
series of 779 deaths in diabetic patients at the Joslin Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, in
which 170 were attributed to infection, and pneumonia accounted for 54% of these fatal …
