A hypothesis for why sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors have been found to cause genital infection, but not urinary tract infection

Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020 May;22(5):755-758. doi: 10.1111/dom.13959. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

Authors

Michael Fralick¹, Derek R MacFadden²

Affiliations

¹ Sinai Health System and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 31943733
DOI: 10.1111/dom.13959

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
Genitalia
Glucose
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects
Sodium
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors* / adverse effects
Symporters*

Substances

Hypoglycemic Agents
Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors
Symporters
Sodium
Glucose