My First Article for Pediatrics Nationwide: Diabetes and UTIs

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Escherichia coli: Gram negative rod off a culture plate from a patient with Urinary Tract Infection. Photo: Bobjgalindo, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.A recent study led by clinicians and researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital reports a potential explanation for why urinary tract infections (UTIs) are so common in patients with diabetes – insulin regulates an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) that is suppressed in those patients.Read the whole story at Pediatrics Nationwide: Why Patients With Diabetes Have More UTIs. 

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