Clinical and Radiological Presentations of Various Pulmonary Infections in Hospitalized Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Prospective, Hospital-Based, Comparative, Case Series Study

Table 5

Radiological profile of pulmonary infections in diabetics and nondiabetics.

	Diabetics ()	Nondiabetics ()	value
Site of lesion
Unilateral (right), (%)	16 (36.4%)	29 (54.7%)	0.022
Unilateral (left), (%)	9 (20.5%)	14 (26.4%)
Bilateral, (%)	19 (43.2%)	10 (18.9%)
Zone of lesion
Upper, (%)	10 (22.7%)	12 (22.6%)	0.68
Middle, (%)	2 (4.5%)	7 (13.2%)
Lower, (%)	16 (36.4%)	18 (34.0%)
Multilobed, (%)	13 (29.5%)	8 (15.1%)
Nature of lesion
Exudative, (%)	20 (45.5%)	14 (26.4%)	0.34
Consolidation, (%)	16 (36.4%)	24 (45.3%)
Milliary, (%)	2 (4.5%)	2 (3.8%)
Fibrocavitary, (%)	5 (11.4%)	3 (5.7%)
Pleural, (%)	11 (25.0%)	18 (34.0%)