Severe hypoglycemia associated with levofloxacin in a healthy older woman

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1637-1638

  Fusco, Sergio ^a   Reitano, Francesca ^a   Gambadoro, Nicola ^a   Previti, Marcello ^a   Russo, Giuseppina ^a   Basile, Giorgio ^a   Cucinotta, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; GLUCOSE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; PHLEBITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; OFLOXACIN; PHLEBITIS;

EID: 84884231851     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12436     Document Type: Letter

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