Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Women with Diabetes

overall rate of anemia, based on a stringent definition, was 27%) [2]. Among patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection, 56% had a hematocrit of 33% at the time of referral to an infectious diseases service for consultation [3]. Maintaining a high hemoglobin level and high oxygen saturation significantly reduces the risk of progression to death for patients who have severe sepsis or septic shock [4]. We may not know the mechanism, but I do believe that a low hemoglobin concentration predispose to acute bacterial infection, probably by means of reduced oxygen saturation at potentially infected sites.