In this ecological study, there was a negative correlation between country incidence of type 1 diabetes and infectious disease mortality and a positive correlation between country incidence of type 1 diabetes and susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to antibiotics was found to be positive supporting an inverse relation between type 1 diabetes incidence and bacterial exposure.
Palabras clave
diabetes tipo 1, infecciones microbianas, antibióticos, mortalidad, enfermedades infecciosas
Autores
Fava Stephen
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Stephen Fava, Mater Dei Hospital Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, 2090, Msida Malta
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