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Clinical Focus: Diabetes - Review

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and genital and urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetes

Pages 409-417 | Received 11 Feb 2016, Accepted 15 Mar 2016, Published online: 04 Apr 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Coincident with the high and increasing worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), a growing armamentarium of antidiabetes medications has been introduced to target different organ systems that play a role in the pathophysiology of T2D. Among these, the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors were introduced in the United States in 2013 as a new treatment option to address the hyperglycemia associated with T2D. SGLT-2 inhibitors decrease renal glucose reabsorption, resulting in glucosuria, alleviation of hyperglycemia, and modest weight loss and are associated with a low risk of hypoglycemia. The SGLT-2 inhibitors have been linked to an increased incidence of genital mycotic infections and, to a lesser extent, urinary tract infections, which may limit their utility in some patients. This review examines the prevalence, recurrence rates, treatment options, and responses to treatment of genital and urinary tract infections in patients with T2D receiving SGLT-2 inhibitors, with the aim of guiding clinicians in the most effective use of these agents for the treatment of hyperglycemia.

Financial and competing interests disclosure

Editorial support was provided by Scarlett Geunes-Boyer, PhD, Richard M. Edwards, PhD, and Janet E. Matsuura, PhD from Complete Healthcare Communications, LLC, and was funded by AstraZeneca. R Arakaki has received research funding from Eli Lilly and Company, Abbvie, and Merck. He has also been a consultant and on the speakers’ bureau for AstraZeneca. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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