Case Presentation: A 69-year-old woman, previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and managed with Metformin, along with a history of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, was admitted to the hospital due to abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea that had been ongoing for the three days leading up to her presentation. On arrival at [...]

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with a past medical history of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the emergency room with 7 months of bilateral leg pain and swelling that acutely worsened in the last 2 weeks and multiple recent mechanical falls. The falls were not associated with loss of consciousness or other [...]

Background: Certain infections, such as mucormycosis and Fournier gangrene, were initially linked to diabetes via case reports (1). Subsequent studies using electronic health record (EHR) data and frequentist methods have provided new insights, including increased mortality among patients with diabetes and infections (2). However, infection risk among patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), type 2 [...]