Clinical features of carnitine deficiency secondary to pivalate-conjugated antibiotic therapy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-187

  Kobayashi, Hironori ^a   Fukuda, Seiji ^a   Yamada, Kenji ^a   Hasegawa, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Tomoo ^a   Purevsuren, Jamiyan ^a   Yamaguchi, Seiji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute encephalopathy; carnitine deficiency; fatty acid oxidation; hypoglycemia; pivalate; pivalate conjugated antibiotics; pivoxil group

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PIVALOYLCARNITINE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEANING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASES; DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CARNITINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962356049     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.080     Document Type: Article

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