Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections among Controlled and Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetic Patients at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon

Table 1

Summary of study participant recruitment criteria.

Inclusion criteria^a (n = 890)	Noninclusion criteria^b	Exclusion criteria^c (n = 39)
(i) Diabetics or nondiabetics at least; (ii) 21 years old and giving a favorable opinion for free participation in the study	(i) Pregnant subjects; (ii) Patients on antibiotic therapy; (iii) Subjects having a prehistory of specific disorders such as liver diseases, malaria, cardiovascular diseases, and kidney failure; (iv) Subjects who refused to sign the informed consent form	(i) Subjects with hemolyzed blood serum; (ii) Subjects who did not provide the full amount of information required

^aInclusion criteria are characteristics that the prospective subjects must have if they are to be included in the study. ^bNoninclusion criteria are characteristics that subjects must not have if they are to be included in the study. ^cExcluded criteria are features that exclude subjects from the study in progress.