In general, infectious diseases are more frequent and/or serious in patients with diabetes
mellitus, which potentially increases their morbimortality. The greater frequency of infections
in diabetic patients is caused by the hyperglycemic environment that favors immune
dysfunction (eg, damage to the neutrophil function, depression of the antioxidant system,
and humoral immunity), micro-and macro-angiopathies, neuropathy, decrease in the
antibacterial activity of urine, gastrointestinal and urinary dysmotility, and greater number of …