Levofloxacin-associated hypoglycaemia complicated by pontine myelinolysis and quadriplegia

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 856-859

  Vallurupalli, S ^a   Huesmann, G ^a   Gregory, J ^b   Jakoby IV, M G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pontine myelinolysis; Fluoroquinolones; Hypoglycaemia; Quadriplegia; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; SULFONYLUREA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OFLOXACIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAZE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONITIS; PONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; WHITE MATTER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; OFLOXACIN; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 49649114691     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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