Gatifloxacin therapy associated with hypoglycemia [4]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1210-1211

  Greenberg, Alan Lin ^a   Decerbo, Mark ^b   Fan, Jingyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatology Associates of Southern Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; GATIFLOXACIN; GLUCOSE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16844380837     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428847     Document Type: Letter

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