Levofloxacin-induced hypoglycemia in a nondiabetic patient

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 334-335

  Wang, Susan ^a   Rizvi, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolones; Hypoglycemia; Levaquin

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STIMULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PNEUMONIA; REMISSION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; OFLOXACIN; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33745266453     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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