Effect of the Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor, Dapagliflozin, on Genitourinary Infection in an Animal Model of Type 2 Diabetes.

CONCLUSION: This study revealed that dapagliflozin increased the urine glucose concentration, resulting in an inflammatory response remain in the urogenital tract as the untreated diabetic rats. Therefore, when treating patients with T2DM with dapagliflozin, careful attention should be paid to genitourinary infection or inflammation. PMID: 32252183 [PubMed]
Source: International Neurourology Journal - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Int Neurourol J Source Type: research